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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
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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