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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
Thursday, November 11, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Tatsuya Sakurahara (U Illinois)
Alternate Chair:
Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang Univ)
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Belgian Spent Fuel Pool Internal Events PSA
10:10–10:40AM EST
Filip Van Opstal (Tractebel ENGIE), Bogdan Golovchuk (Tractebel ENGIE)
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Belgian Spent Fuel Pool Internal Hazards PSA
10:40–11:10AM EST
Bogdan Golovchuk (Tractebel ENGIE), Filip Van Opstal (Tractebel ENGIE)
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Development of Level 1 Internal Event Single-Unit PSA Models for Multi-Unit Risk Profiles
11:10–11:40AM EST
Kibeom Son (Kyung Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung Hee Univ.), Ji Suk Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.), Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.), Gayoung Park (Chosun Univ.), Jonghyun Kim (Chosun Univ.), Meejeong Hwang (KAERI), Moosung Jae (Hanyang Univ.)
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Methodological and Computational Developments for Fire Scenario Selection and Analysis in Fire PRA of Nuclear Power Plants
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Sari Alkhatib (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Tatsuya Sakurahara (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Seyed Reihani (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign), Ernest Kee (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign), Brian Ratte (South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co.), Kristin Kaspar (South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co.), Mary Ann Billings (South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Co.), Sean Hunt (Jensen Hughes)
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