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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Quad Cities violations lead to NRC confirmatory order
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sent a confirmatory order to Constellation Energy Generation outlining the agreed-on actions to address apparent violations of agency requirements at Quad Cities nuclear power plant in Cordova, Ill. The corrective and preventive actions are based on a June neutral party–mediated alternative dispute resolution (ADR) session that had been requested by Constellation to help it and agency decide on steps forward.
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 9, 2021|2:50–4:50PM EST
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang (RPI)
Alternate Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Chase Blaeser
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Backward Failure Propagation for Conceptual System Design Using ISFA
2:50–3:20PM EST
Ali Mansoor (Ohio State Univ.), Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State Univ.), Carol Smidts (Ohio State Univ.)
Paper
A Bayesian and HRA-Aided Method for the Novel Reliability Analysis of Software
3:20–3:50PM EST
Tate Shorthill (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Han Bao (INL), Hongbin Zhang (INL)
Development of Fuel-Specific Leak Frequencies Using a Hierarchical Probability Distribution Model With Bayesian Update
3:50–4:20PM EST
Dusty M. Brooks (Sandia), Brian D. Ehrhart (Sandia), Chris B. LaFleur (Sandia), Garrett W. Mulcahy (Purdue Univ.)
Development and Implementation of Risk-Monitor System for the Possibility of Performing Maintenance of Systems Important for Safety for Unit With VVER-1000 Reactor During Operation at Power
4:20–4:50PM EST
V. Demianiuk (NT-Engineering), M. Hlushchenko (NT-Engineering)
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