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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
Padilla
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|Cosponsored by PSA
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|301A
Session Chair:
Jooyoung Park
Alternate Chair:
Roger Lew
Session Organizer:
Curtis L. Smith
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Human Reliability Analysis Regarding Electric Power Grid Reliability and Resiliency
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Heather Medema (INL), Jeremy Mohon (INL), Ronald Boring (INL), Siobhan Heide (Sandia), Elizabeth Fleming (Sandia), Susan Stevens Adams (Sandia)
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Simulation-Based Recovery Action Analysis Using the EMRALD Dynamic Risk Assessment Tool
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Jooyoung Park (INL), Chad Pope (Idaho State), Yunyeong Heo (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Ronald Boring (INL), Steven Prescott (INL)
Evaluation of Human Error Probability from Simulator Experiments Based on Operator Response Times
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Vipul Garg (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre), Gopika Vinod (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre), Vivek Kant (Indian Institute on Technology Bombay), Curtis Smith (INL)
Dynamicizing SPAR-H: Generalized Form for Auto-Calculating the Performance Shaping Factor for Experience and Training
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Ji Suk Kim (INL), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Torrey J. Mortenson (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL), Jooyoung Park (INL), Taewon Yang (Chosun Univ.), Jonghyun Kim (Chosun Univ.)
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