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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Technical Session
Monday, November 8, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang University)
Alternate Chair:
Xiaoyu Zheng (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Checking the Reasonableness of a Bayesian Update
10:10–10:40AM EST
Matthew M. Degonish (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Carroll A. Trull (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kenneth L. Kiper (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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Research Roadmap to Enhance Industry Legacy Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods and Tools
10:40–11:10AM EST
Andrew Miller (Jensen Hughes), Stephen M. Hess (Jensen Hughes), Curtis L. Smith (INL)
Categorization of Reactor Sequences for Their Integration Into the SFP PSA Model
11:10–11:40AM EST
Cristina Israelsson Hilario (Tractebel ENGIE), Shizhen Yu (Tractebel ENGIE)
Use of Severe Accident Codes to Refine Large Early Release Frequency to Support Realism in LERF Estimates
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Ricky Summitt (Engineering Planning and Management)
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