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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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The human factor in licensing and operating the next generation of nuclear plants
As human factors specialists working at the intersection of human performance and nuclear operations, we are witnessing one of the nuclear sector’s most significant transitions in decades. The emergence of small modular reactors, microreactors, and other advanced designs is reshaping the industry’s landscape. Digital instrumentation and controls, passive safety systems, and increased automation are creating opportunities for greater safety margins and more flexible operation. These same features also fundamentally redefine what it means to “operate” a nuclear plant. Interactions among human roles, automation, and passive systems shape how people maintain awareness, exercise judgment, and intervene when necessary. These developments affect both operational realities and the regulatory foundations on which nuclear safety is built.
Workshop
Thursday, April 8, 2021|11:45AM–1:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Agustin Abarca
Alternate Chair:
Maria N. Avramova
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
Track Organizer:
Session Producers:
Jacob Weinberg (NCSU)
This workshop gives an overview of the advanced thermal-hydraulic sub-channel code CTF and its nuclear fuel rod solver CTFFuel. The code is used for steady state and transient design and safety analyses of current and advanced nuclear reactors. CTF is also the thermal-hydraulic component of the CASL-developed Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) core simulator used for thermal feedback and prediction of thermal-hydraulic safety parameters. The international CTF users’ group has currently more than 60 member-organizations from different countries including industry, regulation, national labs, consulting companies, research institutes and academia. The theory and physics models of CTF/CTFFuel will be presented first, followed by an interactive real-time demonstration on how to build fuel assembly and core models, execute the code in a serial and a parallel mode, and post process the results using different available tools.
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