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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Katy Huff on the impact of loosening radiation regulations
Katy Huff, former assistant secretary of nuclear energy at the Department of Energy, recently wrote an op-ed that was published in Scientific American.
In the piece, Huff, who is an ANS member and an associate professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, argues that weakening Nuclear Regulatory Commission radiation regulations without new research-based evidence will fail to speed up nuclear energy development and could have negative consequences.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|San Simeon A
Session Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (NuScale Power)
Alternate Chair:
Tim Crook (MCR Performance Solutions)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
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Technology-Enhanced Regulatory Frameworks: The Advanced Containment for Radionuclide Aerosol Deposition (AC-RAD) Concept
Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical), Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical)
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Viability of the Quantitative Health Objectives as Performance Metrics
Adam Stein (Breakthrough Institute)
Regulatory Guidance for a Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Advanced Reactor Safety Analysis Report
Steven P. Nesbit (LMNT Consulting), Amir Afzali (Southern Co.), Jason Andrus (INL), Brandon Chisholm (Southern Co.), Ben Holtzman (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Tabletop Exercises to Support Developing Advanced Reactor Safety Analysis Report Guidance
Brandon M. Chisholm (Southern Co.), Amir Afzali (Southern Co.), Steve Nesbit (LMNT Consulting), Jason Andrus (INL)
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