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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session
Monday, November 8, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Enrique Droguet (UCLA)
Alternate Chair:
Sai Zhang (INL)
Session Producer:
Zach Berkow
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Leveraging Risk Insights Frameworks for Aging Management at Nuclear Reactors
2:50–3:20PM EST
Fernando Ferrante (EPRI), Emma Wong (EPRI), Andrew Mantey (EPRI), Jessica Bock (Ameren Missouri), Justin Hiller (Ameren Missouri), Barry Thurston (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Suzanne Lloyd (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Nina Lacôme (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Seth Rios (Exelon Nuclear Generation), Larry Lee (Jensen Hughes), Andrew Williamson (Jensen Hughes)
Paper
Evaluation of the Impact of Steam Generator Aging and ATF on Operator Actions During SBLOCA Without HPSI
3:20–3:50PM EST
Jintae Kim (Ohio State Univ.), Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State Univ.), Asad Ullah Amin Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Value of Information-Based Optimal Sensors Positioning by Subset Simulation for Condition-Based PSA
3:50–4:20PM EST
Seyed Mojtaba Hoseyni (Politecnico di Milano), Francesco Di Maio (Politecnico di Milano), Enrico Zio (Politecnico di Milano)
Reliability of Power System Including Renewable Sources With and Without Nuclear Power Plants
4:20–4:50PM EST
Marko Cepin (Univ. of Ljubljana), Aljaz Spelko (Univ. of Ljubljana)
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