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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Remembering ANS member Gil Brown
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The nuclear community is mourning the loss of Gilbert Brown, who passed away on July 11 at the age of 77 following a battle with cancer.
Brown, an American Nuclear Society Fellow and an ANS member for nearly 50 years, joined the faculty at Lowell Technological Institute—now the University of Massachusetts–Lowell—in 1973 and remained there for the rest of his career. He eventually became director of the UMass Lowell nuclear engineering program. After his retirement, he remained an emeritus professor at the university.
Sukesh Aghara, chair of the Nuclear Engineering Department Heads Organization, noted in an email to NEDHO members and others that “Gil was a relentless advocate for nuclear energy and a deeply respected member of our professional community. He was also a kind and generous friend—and one of the reasons I ended up at UMass Lowell. He served the university with great dedication. . . . Within NEDHO, Gil was a steady presence and served for many years as our treasurer. His contributions to nuclear engineering education and to this community will be dearly missed.”
Educational Session|Panel|Plant Reliability
Monday, August 8, 2022|3:30–5:00PM EDT|Banyan 2
Session Chair:
Emmett Wilmes (MPR)
Track Organizer:
Knowledge Manager:
Ashley Bridgmon (Southern Co.)
Plants use many processes to manage and maintain equipment reliability. These process are leveraged by site personnel to identify, prioritize, and address equipment health risks. Challenges abound with these processes, including the amount of time required to populate tools, the number of processes used and their lack integration, and the method by which key information from these processes is packaged for site management. This session will have two main areas of discussion. The first will be a discussion on two innovative ways that Southern Nuclear is improving processes to increase equipment reliability - automated system health reports and an integrated vulnerability management tool. The second will be a panel discussion with several utilities to explore other challenges with equipment reliability processes. Topics will include identifying and leveraging internal OE, corporate governance, oversight, support, perform (GOSP) models, system vulnerability assessments, and long term asset management plans.
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