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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
Thursday, November 11, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Michelle (Shelby) Bensi (Univ Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse)
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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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