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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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SC Nuclear Summit focuses on V.C. Summer
The second annual South Carolina Nuclear Summit held last week featured utility executives and legislators from the state, as well as leaders from Brookfield Asset Management, which is being considered to restart construction on the two abandoned reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant in Fairfield County. The summit, at the University of South Carolina’s Colonial Life Arena, attracted more than 350 attendees. The event was hosted by the university’s Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing.
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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