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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Following the enthusiastic response from the nuclear community in 2024 for the inaugural NN 40 Under 40, the Nuclear News team knew we had to take up the difficult task in 2025 of turning it into an annual event—though there was plenty of uncertainty as to how the community would receive a second iteration this year. That uncertainty was unfounded, clearly, as the tight-knit nuclear community embraced the chance to celebrate its up-and-coming generation of scientists, engineers, and policy makers who are working to grow the influence of this oft-misunderstood technology.
Technical Session
Monday, November 8, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Mohammad Modarres (Univ Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
David Grabaskas (ANL)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Nora Fitton
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Satisfying a Risk Limit Curve
10:10–10:40AM EST
Richard S. Denning (Consultant)
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Proposed Enhancements to the Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulatory Framework for Seismic Hazard Design at NRC Regulated Nuclear Power Plants
10:40–11:10AM EST
J. Stamatakos (Southwest Research Institute), B. Dasgupta (Southwest Research Institute), O. Pensado (Southwest Research Institute), N. Chokshi (Consultant), R. Budnitz (Consultant), M.K. Ravindra (Consultant)
Publication of the ASME/ANS Probabilistic Risk Assessment Standard for Advanced Non-Light Water Reactor Nuclear Power Plants
11:10–11:40AM EST
Karl Fleming (KNF Consulting Services), David Grabaskas (ANL)
Licensing Modernization Project for Operating Reactors
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Matthew Humberstone (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Alfred Hathaway (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Keith Compton (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Kurt G. Vedros (INL)
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