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ANS hosts webinar on EPRI liquid fuel research
The visual hierarchy of stakeholder concerns used throughout the development of EPRI’s newest report on liquid fuel licensing pathways. (Source: EPRI)
The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) has held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. Former RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the meeting with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C and the need for new approaches to nuclear design that go beyond conventional and deterministic methods. He then welcomed this month’s speaker: Dan Moneghan from the Electric Power Research Institute, who presented “Characterization vs. Qualification: A Pathway to Liquid Fuel Licensing."
Technical Session|Safety, Security, and Regulatory Compliance
Thursday, October 10, 2024|8:00–9:45AM MDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
Marissa G. Bailey (NRC)
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Can an Efficient Nuclear Energy Industry Still be Resilient? On the Nature of Efficiency and Resiliency in Complex Systems
8:00–8:20AM MDT
Torrey Mortenson (INL), Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Vincent P. Paglioni (Colorado State)
Paper
Risk Analysis for Remote Operation of Microreactors
8:20–8:40AM MDT
Megan Culler (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL), Kaeley Stevens (Oregon State), Thomas Ulrich (INL)
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Design and Implementation of a Virtual Reality Environment for Human Reliability Assessment Under Physical Security Threats
8:40–9:00AM MDT
Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State), Md Ragib Rownak (Ohio State), Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
The Public Protective Action Guides for Nuclear Emergency in Taiwan
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Chia-Lin Lai (Nuclear Safety Commission), Chun-Mao Liu (Nuclear Safety Commission), Jen-Hsuan Lin (Nuclear Safety Commission)
Research on the Regulation-Standard System and Regulatory Mechanism of Nuclear Energy Field in Japan
9:20–9:40AM MDT
Shangyuan Liu (China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy), Wei Wei (China National Nuclear Corp.), Yun Liang (China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy), Jiang Li (China Institute of Nuclear Industry Strategy)
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