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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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Nuclear power’s new rule book: Managing uncertainty in efficiency, safety, and independence
The U.S. nuclear industry is standing at its most volatile regulatory moment yet—one that will shape the trajectory and the safety of the industry for decades to come. Recent judicial, legislative, and executive actions are rewriting the rules governing the licensing and regulation of nuclear power reactors. Although these changes are intended to promote and accelerate the deployment of new nuclear energy technologies, the collision of multiple legal shifts—occurring simultaneously and intersecting with profound technological uncertainties—is overwhelming the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and threatening to destabilize investor and industry expectations.
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 18, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Fountainview
Session Chair:
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
Kimihiro Yokoi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy)
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Multiscale Thermal Hydraulic Coupling Methods for Boiling Water Reactor Simulation
Aaron Graham (ORNL), Benjamin Collins (ORNL), Bob Salko (ORNL), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
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VERA BWR Progression Problems
Chase Lawing (NCSU), Scott Palmtag (NCSU), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
Preliminary Simulation Results of Peach Bottom Unit 2 Cycles 1 and 2 with MPACT
Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Andrew Ward (Univ. Michigan), Aaron Graham (ORNL), Benjamin Collins (ORNL), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Mehdi Asgari (ORNL)
Applicability of Neutronics Design Calculation Method for Axially Heterogeneous Core of RBWR (Resource-Renewable Boiling Water Reactor)
Kimihiro Yokoi (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Tetsushi Hino (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Kazuya Ishii (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Junichi Miwa (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Hideo Soneda (Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy), Mikolaj Adam Kowalski (Univ. Cambridge), Eugene Shwageraus (Univ. Cambridge), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Yuxuan Liu (Univ. Michigan), Yasunobu Nagaya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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