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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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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
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|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Jooyoung Park
Alternate Chair:
Ronald L. Boring
Session Organizer:
Jonghyun Kim
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Why do Human-Machine Teams Fail: Investigating Failure Mechanisms in Human Reliability Analysis
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Vincent Philip Paglioni (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Ahmad Al-Douri (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland, College Park)
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Causal Pathways Leading to Human Failure Events in Information-Gathering System Response Activities
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Ahmad Al-Douri (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland, College Park)
Advanced Human-System Interface Risk Analysis Based on Redundancy-Guided Systems-Theoretic Hazard Analysis and Human Reliability Analysis
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Jooyoung Park (INL), Edward Chen (NCSU), Han Bao (INL), Tate Shorthill (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jisuk Kim (INL), Sai Zhang (INL), Ronald Boring (INL)
HAMSTER -- A New EDF HRA-Type C Methodology
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Jean-François Enjolras (EDF Technical Direction), Anne Gailleton (EDF Technical Direction)
Presented by Cécile Luzior (EDF)
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