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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ANS Winter Conference: DOE, NRC leaders stress need for speedier nuclear approval
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Chris Wright
During speeches at the American Nuclear Society’s Winter Conference & Expo, happening this week in Washington, D.C., Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair David Wright both promised that the Trump administration will speed up nuclear reviews so the U.S. can maintain leadership in nuclear energy.
The DOE’s Wright took a stab at the NRC’s traditionally slow bureaucratic processes in approving primarily large light water reactors in the past, saying that the agency needs to speed up to meet the greater demand for new small modular reactors.
Educational Session|Panel|Plant Reliability
Tuesday, August 9, 2022|1:30–3:00PM EDT|Banyan 2
Session Chair:
Jason Lanier (Duke Energy)
Track Organizer:
Emmett Wilmes (MPR)
Knowledge Manager:
Ashley Bridgmon (Southern Co.)
Reliability Centered Maintenance focuses on performing the maintenance needed to ensure equipment reliability based on data driven decisions. EPRI has developed tools with industry input to help utilities select optimal the maintenance to balance equipment reliability with available resources. Utilities are also deploying advanced sensors to aid in predicting maintenance needs based on equipment conditions. This session will focus on optimizing plant maintenance and equipment reliability.
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