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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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2023 ANS Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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The Civil Nuclear Credit Program: An overview
Officially established on November 15, 2021, with the signing of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—aka the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL—the Department of Energy’s Civil Nuclear Credit Program was designed to give owners/operators of commercial U.S. reactors the opportunity to apply for certification and competitively bid on credits to help support the continued operation of economically troubled units. Finally, the federal government, and not just certain farsighted state governments, would recognize nuclear energy for its important grid reliability and decarbonization attributes.
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.)
Summary
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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