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Developing a new regulatory framework for advanced reactors: Update on Part 53
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The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) on March 29 held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. The presenter, Patrick White with the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA), talked about the current status of efforts to develop a new regulatory framework for advanced reactors—known as 10 CFR Part 53 or simply Part 53. White serves as the research director of the NIA, where he leads their research as well as analysis-based stakeholder and policymaker engagement and education. White’s March 29 presentation is publicly available on YouTube and at ANS’s publication platform Nuclear Science and Technology Open Research (NSTOR).
RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the CoP with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C before he welcomed White as the session’s presenter.
White covered three main topics: the history of the existing regulatory frameworks for new reactors, progress to date on the development of the Part 53 rule for advanced reactors, and the current status and next steps for the Part 53 rulemaking process.
Panel and Technical Session|Radiation Detection and Imaging
Friday, April 14, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 362B
Session Chair:
Christian Young (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Haley Davis (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Isotopes & Radiation Division.
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Filament Extrusion Method for Additively Manufactured Scintillation Detectors
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Stephen Stokes (US Naval Academy), Olivia Belcher (US Naval Academy), Samuel Voparil (US Naval Academy)
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Design and Development of a TOF Neutron Beam Imager
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Miriam Matthew (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Sukhjinder Singh (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yaron Danon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Alpha Response and Mobility Analysis of Lithium Indium Phosphor Selenide
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Erick K. Hoegberg (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Amine Benkechkache (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Eric D. Lukosi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Development of a Portable Real-Time Radiation Detector and Discriminator
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Surasak Bandasak (US Naval Academy), Joshua K. Wizgird (US Naval Academy), Hatem ElBidweihy (US Naval Academy), Brian R. Jenkins (US Naval Academy), Hau T. Ngo (US Naval Academy)
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