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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Monday, July 17, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|301E
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Edward L. Quinn
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U.S. Regulatory Efforts for Cybersecurity of Advanced Reactors
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Ismael L. Garcia (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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The Sliding Scale of Cybersecurity Applied to the Cybersecurity Analysis of Advanced Reactors
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Lee T. Maccarone (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
Development of a New IEC Technical Report on Cybersecurity Risk Management for I&C and ES in Nuclear Power Plants
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Michael T. Rowland (Sandia), Edward L. Quinn (Paragon Energy Solutions), John Sladek (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission)
Layered Attack Surface Model for Digital Assets of Nuclear Power Plants
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Michael T. Rowland (Sandia), Jenna deCastro (Sandia), Benjamin Karch (Sandia), Andrew Hahn (Sandia), Gregory White (LLNL), Shadya B. Maldonado Rosado (Sandia)
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