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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Proposed FY 2025 budget beefs up EPA repository expertise
Funding in President Biden’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget may signal movement toward the promulgation of a new generic Environmental Protection Agency standard for high-level nuclear waste repositories in the United States.
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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