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3D Printing Possibilities: Additive Manufacturing Impact Limiters for Transportation Casks
With the significant advances in additive manufacturing (AM), otherwise known as 3D printing, Orano Federal Services and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte recently re-examined the capabilities to print impact limiters for transportation casks used to ship spent nuclear fuel. Impact limiters protect transportation casks (sometimes also referred to as transportation overpacks) and their contents during an accident. Impact limiter designs must withstand testing based on a certain significance level of hypothetical accidents, including drops, crushing, fires, and immersion in water.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Thursday, June 17, 2021|12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Paula Savioja
Alternate Chair:
Jeffrey C. Joe
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
Staff Producer:
Kathy Murdoch (ANS)
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XE-100 SMR Main Control Room Staffing: Analysis and Validation
Borja Hervás (Tecnatom), Héctor Martínez-Pinna (Tecnatom), Luis Rejas (Tecnatom)
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Human Factors Validation of Fire Related Events
Borja Hervás (Tecnatom), Nuria Bernal (Tecnatom), Luis Rejas (Tecnatom)
Augmenting Field Operator Training Through Virtual Reality
Hanna Koskinen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Jari Laarni (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Marja Liinasuo (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Tuisku-Tuuli Salonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd), Satu Pakarinen (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Kristian Lukander (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Tomi Passi (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)
Cognitive Aging as a Human Factor: Age of Operator on Human Performance in the Nuclear Control Room
Anna C. Hall (Braveheart Solutions), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Tina M. Miyake (INL)
Managing Skill Fading and Maintenance for Critical Tasks
Chris SteCroix (HumanSystems), Andrew Morton (HumanSystems), Harold Angel (HumanSystems)
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