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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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North Anna power plant seeks ESP renewal
Dominion Energy Virginia is seeking a 20-year renewal of the early site permit (ESP) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued for its North Anna nuclear power plant site in Virginia. North Anna’s current ESP is set to expire on November 27, 2027.
On July 14, Dominion submitted the ESP renewal request for North Anna; the site in question is adjacent to Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the Louisa County, Va., facility. The NRC acknowledged receiving the application on July 28 and will now review the application before docketing it in the Federal Register and commencing with the review process.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Alternate Chair:
Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Identification and Prioritization of Sources of Uncertainty in External Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment: Project Update
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Michelle Bensi (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Katrina Groth (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Zhegang Ma (INL), Ray Schneider (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Tao Liu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Kaveh Faraji Najarkolaie (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Ahmad Al-Douri (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Camille Levine (Univ. Maryland, College Park)
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Technical Approach to the High Energy Arcing Fault (HEAF) Issue
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Marko Randelovic (EPRI), Ashley Lindeman (EPRI), Dane Lovelace (Jensen Hughes), Victor Ontiveros (Jensen Hughes), Sean Hunt (Jensen Hughes), Jason Floyd (UL Research Institutes), Ken Fleischer (Fleischer Consultants)
Integrating Seismic Fragility of ASR-Affected Nuclear Containment Vessel in a Level-II SPRA in Support of Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Akram S. Batikh (NCSU), Somayajulu L. N. Dhulipala (INL), Benjamin W. Spencer (INL), Albert Dahal (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
On Truncation of Seismic Fragility Curves
4:30–4:55PM EDT
James C. Lin (ABS Consulting)