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Conference Spotlight
2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
Technical Session
Monday, September 26, 2022|10:20AM–12:00PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Bor Kos (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo (CIEMAT)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Radiation Shielding Estimations for the IFMIF-DONES Building Rooms During Activated High Flux Test Module Maintenance Operations
10:20–10:45AM PDT
Gediminas Stankunas (Lithuanian Energy Institute)
Paper
Shielding Design of the Helium Cooled Pebble Bed Breeding Blanket for DEMO Fusion Reactor
10:45–11:10AM PDT
Iole Palermo (CIEMAT), Francisco A. Hernández (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Pavel Pereslavtsev (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), David Sosa (CIEMAT), Guangming Zhou (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — video HCPB Iole Palermo
Update of Nuclear Responses in the ITER Superconducting Magnets Using the E-lite 360⁰ Analysis Model
11:10–11:35AM PDT
M. Fabbri (Fusion For Energy), R. Pampin (Fusion for Energy), F. Gauthier (ITER Organization), N. Mitchell (ITER Organization), G. Pedroche (TECF3IR), A. Cubi (Latesys)
Advanced Shielding and Reflector Materials to Enhance the HT DCLL BB for the EU-DEMO Fusion Reactor
11:35AM–12:00PM PDT
Iole Palermo (CIEMAT), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), David Sosa (CIEMAT)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — video HT- DCLL Iole Palermo
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