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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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U.S. nuclear capacity factors: More power on order
U.S. nuclear capacity additions are falling short of ambitious expectations set (and then reset) in recent years. Despite construction permits submitted or approved at this writing, new commercial, utility-scale nuclear generation is still a few years away from operation.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Nuclear Installations Safety
Saturday, April 16, 2022|1:15–2:45PM CDT|Loyalty Room
Sponsored by ANS Nuclear Installations Safety Division
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Initiating Events Analysis to Support Preliminary Steps Toward a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor
Malek J. Abedrabouh (NCSU), Noah E. Davis (South Carolina State Univ.), Veronica Heyl (NCSU), Jaylen Jones (NC State University), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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An Investigation of MSPI Optimization to Improve NPP Safety and Efficiency
Tao Liu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zhegang Ma (INL), Sai Zhang (INL), Hongbing Jiang (Tennessee Valley Authority)
Spatiotemporal Probabilistic Physics-of-Failure Analysis in Modeling Interconnections of Safety and Financial Performance of Nuclear Power Plants
Wen-Chi Cheng (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Seyed-A. Reihani (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tatsuya Sakurahara (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ernest Kee (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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