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November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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DNFSB’s Summers ends board tenure, extending agency’s loss of quorum
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The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, the independent agency responsible for ensuring that Department of Energy facilities are protective of public health and safety, announced that the board’s acting chairman, Thomas Summers, has concluded his service with the agency, having completed his second term as a board member on October 18.
Summers’ departure leaves Patricia Lee, who joined the DNFSB after being confirmed by the Senate in July 2024, as the board’s only remaining member and acting chair. Lee’s DNFSB board term ends in October 2027.
Technical Session|Water-Cooled Reactor Operations and Accident Analysis
Monday, August 21, 2023|3:30–5:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Hyun Sik Park (KAERI)
Alternate Chair:
Cesare Frepoli (FPolisolutions)
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Boron Dilution Analysis in NuScale Using TRACE and TRACE/SCF Codes
3:30–3:50PM EDT
J. Sanchez-Torrijos (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), C. Queral (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid)
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Modeling of an Overcooling Transient Scenario in a CAREM-like Small Modular Reactor
3:50–4:10PM EDT
L. Mercatali (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), V.H. Sanchez-Espinoza (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Hector Lestani (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica), Maximiliano Dalinger (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica)
Steam Line Break Analysis in NuScale SMR with the Coupled System Code ATHLET-DYN3D in the Framework of the EU H2020 McSAFER
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Eduard Diaz-Pescador (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Matthias Jobst (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Alexander Grahn (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Sören Kliem (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Sensitivity Study of Compact and Long-Term-Operable Passive Residual Heat Removal System
4:30–4:50PM EDT
Wooseong Park (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST), Yong Hwan Yoo (KAERI), Kyung Jun Kang (KAERI)
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