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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC adopts ROP updates
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a significant overhaul of its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program that stresses a leaner, more risk-focused inspection process.
This adoption comes just over a month after NRC officials published their findings on the proposed ROP changes. The changes would reduce the number of hours spent annually on direct inspections at U.S. nuclear power plants by 38 percent.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Marriott 4
Session Chair:
Ben Cipiti (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael S. Smith
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Assessing UN Neutronic and Fuel Performance for Extended Cycle Lengths
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Mehdi Asgari (ORNL), Jake Hirschhorn (ORNL), Eva Davidson (ORNL), Dave Kropaczek (ORNL), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), Ryan Sweet (ORNL), James Tusar (Constellation), Moussa Mahgerefteh (Constellation), Baris Sarikaya (Constellation), William Gassmann (Constellation), Dale Bradish (Constellation)
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Excess Criticality Mitigation for Pebble Bed Reactor Fuels by Employing Burnup Credit
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Gordon M. Petersen (INL), Robert A. Joseph (INL)
Sodium Extraction from Full-Length Fermi-1 Blanket Assembly
8:40–9:00AM EDT
B.D. Preussner (INL), S. D. Herrmann (INL), R. C. Campbell (INL), T. DiSanto (INL), J. A. Charboneau (INL), I. M. Hobbs (INL)
Minor Actinide Fueled Chloride Salt Reactor: Economics, Neutronics, and Safety
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Matthew Nyberg (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joseph Eickman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Una Baker (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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