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Conference Spotlight
2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
Technical Session
Monday, November 8, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Luca Podofillini (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Gopika Vinod (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)
Session Producers:
John Greenwood
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Defining Dependency in HRA
10:10–10:40AM EST
Vincent P. Paglioni (Univ. of Maryland), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. of Maryland)
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Characterizing Human Performance: Detecting Targets at High False Alarm Rates.
10:40–11:10AM EST
Ann Speed (Sandia), Jason Wheeler (Sandia), John Russell (Sandia), Fred Oppel (Sandia), Danielle N. Sanchez (Sandia), Austin Silva (Sandia), Anna Chavez (Sandia)
Extracting Human Reliability Findings From Human Factors Studies in the Human Systems Simulation Laboratory
11:10–11:40AM EST
Heather Medema (INL), Jeremy Mohon (INL), Ronald Boring (INL)
Basis for Generic Approach to Human Failure Event Dependent Combination Identification
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Don MacLeod (Jensen Hughes), Huafei Liao (X-Energy)
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