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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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A series of firsts delivers new Plant Vogtle units
Southern Nuclear was first when no one wanted to be.
The nuclear subsidiary of the century-old utility Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Ga., joined a pack of nuclear companies in the early 2000s—during what was then dubbed a “nuclear renaissance”—bullish on plans for new large nuclear facilities and adding thousands of new carbon-free megawatts to the grid.
In 2008, Southern Nuclear applied for a combined construction and operating license (COL), positioning the company to receive the first such license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2012. Also in 2008, Southern became the first U.S. company to sign an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a Generation III+ reactor. Southern chose Westinghouse’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor, which was certified by the NRC in December 2011.
Fast forward a dozen years—which saw dozens of setbacks and hundreds of successes—and Southern Nuclear and its stakeholders celebrated the completion of Vogtle Units 3 and 4: the first new commercial nuclear power construction project completed in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
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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