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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
Thursday, November 11, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Michelle (Shelby) Bensi (Univ Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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GOFACS: Generator of Fragility Assessment for Coupled Systems, Structures and Components
2:50–3:20PM EST
Marine Marcilhac (IRSN), Nadia Rahni (IRSN), Emmanuel Raimond (IRSN), El Hadi Moussi (Phimeca Engineering), Karina Macocco (Phimeca Engineering), Gaëtan Blondet (Phimeca Engineering)
Paper
Simplified Bayesian Network Framework for Beyond-Design-Basis PRA
3:20–3:50PM EST
Pragya Vaishanav (NC State Univ.), Saran Srikanth Bodda (NC State Univ.), Abhinav Gupta (NC State Univ.)
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Quantification of Human Error Probability of SBLOCA Mitigation Actions of a Pressurized Water Reactor
3:50–4:20PM EST
T.C. Wang (National Tsing Hua Univ.), M. Lee (National Tsing Hua Univ.), Y.M. Chen (Texas A&M Univ.)
Methodology to Streamline Periodic Seismic Safety Evaluations of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Structures Systems and Components (SSCs)
4:20–4:50PM EST
Sai Chowdeswara Rao Korlapati (RIZZO International), Yigit Isbiliroglu (RIZZO International), Yogesh Rathod (RIZZO International), Cengiz Erdogan (RIZZO International), Piyush Mehta (RIZZO International), Nish Vaidya (RIZZO International), Olivier Nusbaumer (Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt)
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