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Conference Spotlight
2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Optimizing nuclear plant outages: Data analytics tools and methods for enhancing resilience and efficiency
Nuclear power plant refueling outages are among the most complex phases in a plant’s operational cycle.1 During these outages, tens of thousands of activities, including maintenance and surveillance, are conducted simultaneously within a short timeframe. Typically lasting three to four weeks, these operations involve large crews of contractors with diverse skill sets performing tasks ranging from testing and surveillance to maintenance. Outages may extend longer if major backfitting or modernization projects are planned. Consequently, plant outages are expensive, incurring significant operational costs, such as contractor labor and equipment, as well as the loss of generation while the plant is off line. This can easily cost a plant operator more than $1 million a day. Therefore, there is a constant need to mitigate the economic impact on plants by reducing the frequency, duration, and risks associated with these outages.2,3
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10:00–11:40AM CDT
Salon A|FCWMD
Session Chair: Rosemary A. Montgomery|Co-Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine
Brentwood/Franklin|FCWMD
Session Chair: Nathan Capps|Co-Chair: Jean-Jérome VERMOYAL
Salon B|FCWMD
Session Chair: Christopher Matthews|Co-Chair: Fausto Franceschini
Cumberland South|FCWMD
Session Chair: Magnus Limbäck|Co-Chair: Dan Lutz
1:00–2:40PM CDT
Session Chair: Nadine Hollasky|Co-Chair: Brenden Mervin
Session Chair: Joakim K. Karlsson|Co-Chair: Daniel Jädernäs
Session Chair: Jinzhao Zhang|Co-Chair: Hyochan Kim
Session Chair: Rich Augi|Co-Chair: Cristina Munoz-Reja Ruiz
3:15–4:55PM CDT
Session Chair: Uffe Bergmann|Co-Chair: Kan Sakamoto
Session Chair: Birol Aktas|Co-Chair: Yongdeog Kim
Session Chair: Ian E. Porter|Co-Chair: Jeff Kobleak
Session Chair: Patty McCumbee|Co-Chair: Michael Boone
8:00–9:40AM CDT
Session Chair: Guirong Pan|Co-Chair: John Beale
Session Chair: Nathan Capps|Co-Chair: Nicolas Woolstenhulme
Session Chair: Zeses E. Karoutas|Co-Chair: Christopher Van Wert
Session Chair: Nadine Hollasky|Co-Chair: Randall J. Dunavant
Session Chair: Paul Clifford|Co-Chair: Birol Aktas
Session Chair: Peter R. Diller|Co-Chair: Patrick Raynaud
Session Chair: John Beale|Co-Chair: Dong-Joo Kim
Session Chair: Nico Vollmer|Co-Chair: Paul E. Cantonwine
Session Chair: Ken Yueh|Co-Chair: Koroush Shirvan
Session Chair: Jeff Kobelak|Co-Chair: Ian Porter
Session Chair: Darren J. Skitt|Co-Chair: Peter G. Newby
Session Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood|Co-Chair: Paul Clifford
Session Chair: Shinichiro Yamashita|Co-Chair: Nico Vollmer
Session Chair: Peter G. Newby|Co-Chair: Darren J. Skitt
Session Chair: Daniel R. Brown|Co-Chair: Matthieu Aumand
Session Chair: Aylin Kucuk|Co-Chair: Yixing Sung
Session Chair: Johann Plancher|Co-Chair: William P. Gassmann
Session Chair: Brady D. Hanson|Co-Chair: Uffe Bergmann
Session Chair: Dennis Hussey|Co-Chair: Matthieu Aumand
Session Chair: Antoine Boulore|Co-Chair: Kazuo Kakiuchi
Session Chair: Kenneth J. Geelhood|Co-Chair: Christopher Van Wert
Session Chair: Mahmut N. Cinbiz|Co-Chair: Patty McCumbee
Session Chair: Libing Zhu|Co-Chair: Zeses E. Karoutas
Session Chair: Patrick Raynaud|Co-Chair: Phil Sharpe
Session Chair: Jason Medina|Co-Chair: David Rumschlag
Session Chair: Daniel M. Wachs|Co-Chair: Jae H. Yang
Session Chair: Joakim Karlsson|Co-Chair: Dan Lutz
Session Chair: Kurshad Muftuoglu|Co-Chair: Jinzhao Zhang
Session Chair: Johann Plancher|Co-Chair: Randall J. Dunavant
Session Chair: Aylin Kucuk|Co-Chair: Shun Hirooka
