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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
Tuesday, November 9, 2021|12:40–2:40PM EST
Session Chair:
Vinh Dang (Paul Scherrer Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Enrique Melendez Asensio (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear)
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
Zach Berkow
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Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Electric Grid Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
12:40–1:10PM EST
Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State Univ.), Yunfei Zhao (Ohio State Univ.), Carol Smidts (Ohio State Univ.), Hangtian Lei (Univ. of Idaho), Brian K. Johnson (Univ. of Idaho)
Paper
Impact of Different Time Discretization Methods on Dynamic Bayesian Network-Based Dynamic Probabilistic Safety Assessments
1:10–1:40PM EST
Austin D. Lewis (Univ. of Maryland), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. of Maryland)
Dynamic PSA Framework With Optimization Algorithm Applied to a Large LOCA Scenario
1:40–2:10PM EST
Jong Woo Park (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
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Sensitivity Analysis for Effectiveness of Flex Strategy Under Station Blackout Accident Scenario
2:10–2:40PM EST
Asad Ullah Amin Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Robby Christian (INL)
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