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NRC Hanson's renomination clears Senate committee
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The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 18–1 yesterday to advance the renomination of Christopher T. Hanson as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Hanson has been a commissioner since 2020, and was named chair by President Biden in January 2021. The full U.S. Senate will consider Hanson’s nomination later this month.
Voices of support: “Chair Hanson is a dedicated public [servant] who has thoughtfully and . . . skillfully led the [NRC] during his tenure as its chair. Throughout his time on the[NRC], he has demonstrated his commitment to ensuring the safety and the security of our nation’s use of nuclear energy,” said EPW committee chair Tom Carper (D., Del.) before the vote.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301B
Session Chair:
Jerry Mauck
Alternate Chair:
Tate Shorthill
Session Organizer:
Edward L. Quinn
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Approaches for D3 Analysis for Advanced Reactor Deployment
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Best Estimate and Uncertainty Analysis for Safety Analysis and Plant Margins UPDATED_ 2023
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Approaches for Defense-in-Depth and Diversity (D3) for Advanced Reactor Deployment
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Jerry Mauck (Paragon Energy Solutions), Glenn Lang (Paragon Energy Solutions), Michael Howard (Numerical Solutions), Edward L. Quinn (Paragon Energy Solutions)
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U.S. NRC Staff's Focus to Expand the Use of Risk-Informed Approaches to Address Digital Instrumentation and Controls Common-Cause Failures
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Samir Darbali (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Steven Alferink (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Norbert Carte (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Best Estimate and Uncertainty Analysis for Safety Analysis and Plant Margins
1:50–2:15PM EDT
K. Ivanov (NINE), M. Avramova (NINE), M. Modro (NINE), M. Cherubini (NINE), A. Petruzzi (NINE), Edward L. (Ted) Quinn (Paragon Energy Solutions)
An Approach to Modeling Postulated Software Common Cause Failures of Diverse Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Tate Shorthill (Univ. Pittsburgh), Han Bao (INL), Edward Chen (NCSU), Sai Zhang (INL), Heng Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh)
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