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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 10, 2021|8:00–10:00AM EST
Session Chair:
Enrique Melendez Asensio (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear)
Alternate Chair:
Man Cheol Kim (TBD)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Internal Explosion Level 1 PSA: Probabilistic Assessment of Hydrogen Risk in French Nuclear Power Plants
8:00–8:30AM EST
Yannick Lefebvre (EDF), Cécile Luzoir (EDF), Hugo Jadot (EDF), Jérémy Gaudron (EDF)
Paper
Addressing Loss of Room Cooling in PRA Modeling
8:30–9:00AM EST
Joshua S. Beckton (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Development of SAMG-FT/ET Model for Level 2 PRA of OPR-1000 NPPs
9:00–9:30AM EST
Sang Hun Lee (KAERI), Jaehyun Cho (KAERI), Jaewhan Kim (KAERI)
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Attachment — short bio to the chairman
Modeling Portable Equipment in Probabilistic Safety Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants
9:30–10:00AM EST
Ji Suk Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.), Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.), Kibeom Son (Kyung Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung Hee Univ.), Gayoung Park (Chosun Univ.), Jonghyun Kim (Chosun Univ.), Meejeong Hwang (KAERI), Moosung Jae (Hanyang Univ.)
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