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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
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)
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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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