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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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American Nuclear Society condemns attack on UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) issued the following statement:
"The American Nuclear Society condemns today's drone attack on the outer perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates. The IAEA has confirmed that radiation levels are normal and no injuries have been reported. The safety systems performed as designed, a demonstration of the layered protections built into robust modern nuclear facilities. Incidents like this reinforce the importance of the IAEA's calls for maximum military restraint around nuclear power reactors, and of full adherence by all combatants to the IAEA's seven pillars for nuclear safety and security during armed conflict."
Panel and Technical Session|Power Reactor Operations, Safety, and Reliability
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 362C
Session Chair:
Evan Williams (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Dalton Lonker (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Nuclear Installation Safety and Operations & Power Divisions.
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Fault Tolerance In The Autonomous Control System For The MIT Graphite Exponential Pile
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Andrea M. Molina-Dejesus (MIT)
Paper
Event Sequence Analysis to Support a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor
3:30–3:50PM EDT
May Wells (NCSU), Maddie Barber (NCSU), Alex Chaisson (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Quantification Method for Human Error Probability with Dependent Time Model
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Gyun Seob Song (Chung-Ang University), Man C. Kim (Chung-Ang University)
Molten Salt Reactor Pump Failure Accident Analysis using the NERTHUS Dynamic Model
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Nicholas J. Dunkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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