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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Blades-in turbine inspections at Quad Cities set new benchmark for Constellation
When Constellation decided to install replacement Alstom low-pressure turbines at three of its boiling water reactor plants more than 15 years ago, one benefit was knowing the new turbines should operate reliably—and without major inspections—for several years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Canaveral 1
Session Chair:
Aaron Gravelle
Alternate Chair:
Tyler Newitt
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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Expanding the Causal Logic Foundations of Human Reliability Analysis: Current Project Status
10:00–10:20AM EST
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland), Katrina M. Groth (Univ. Maryland)
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Evaluation of how Nuclear Researchers and Designers Consider Economics and Reactor Design
10:20–10:40AM EST
Rowan M. Marchie (Univ. Michigan), Sydney Sielaff (Univ. Michigan), Aditi Verma (Univ. Michigan)
Numerical Modeling and Pretest Seismic Analysis of Spent Nuclear Fuel Horizontal Storage Module Mockup
10:40–11:00AM EST
Nataliia Igrashkina (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Fady Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Mohamed A. Moustafa (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
Pre Shake Table Testing Seismic Response Analysis of Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Systems
11:00–11:20AM EST
Fady A. Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno), David McCallen (Berkeley Lab), Mohamed Moustafa (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
Seismic Isolation of Spent Fuel Dry Storage Casks Using Meta-Foundations
11:20–11:40AM EST
Fady A. Elshazly (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Elnaz Seylabi (Univ. Nevada, Reno)
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