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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Katy Huff on the impact of loosening radiation regulations
Katy Huff, former assistant secretary of nuclear energy at the Department of Energy, recently wrote an op-ed that was published in Scientific American.
In the piece, Huff, who is an ANS member and an associate professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, argues that weakening Nuclear Regulatory Commission radiation regulations without new research-based evidence will fail to speed up nuclear energy development and could have negative consequences.
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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