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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Bipartisan Fusion Energy Act pushes for regulatory clarity
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Sen. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) introduced the Fusion Energy Act (S. 4151) last month with a bipartisan group of cosponsors—John Cornyn (R., Texas), Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Todd Young (R., Ind.), and Patty Murray (D., Wash.). The legislation would codify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulatory authority over commercial fusion energy systems to streamline the creation of clear federal regulations that will support the development of commercial fusion power plants—and would require a report within one year on a study of risk- and performance-based, design-specific licensing frameworks for “mass-manufactured fusion machines.
“Congress must do everything in its power to ensure continued U.S. leadership in developing commercial fusion energy facilities,” said Padilla as he introduced the bill. “The Fusion Energy Act would provide regulatory certainty for investors as the NRC develops and streamlines frameworks for such facilities.”
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Daniel G. Cole
Alternate Chair:
Lee T. Maccarone
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
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Lessons Learned from Advanced Reactor Cyber Analysis and Development Environment (ARCADE)
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Andrew Hahn (Sandia), Michael Higgins (Sandia), Lee Maccarone (Sandia), Michael Rowland (Sandia), Romuald Valme (Sandia)
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Cyber Secure Sensors for I&C
3:40–4:05PM EDT
James Gleason (GLSEQ), Patrick Gleason (GLSEQ)
Cybersecurity Concerns from the use of Wireless Technologies in Nuclear Power Plants
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Erick Martinez Rodriguez (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Ismael Garcia (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Leroy Hardin (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Leveraging Secure Elements in Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems for Trustworthy Data Exchange
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Benjamin Karch (Sandia), Jacob James (Sandia), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia)
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