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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC adopts ROP updates
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a significant overhaul of its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program that stresses a leaner, more risk-focused inspection process.
This adoption comes just over a month after NRC officials published their findings on the proposed ROP changes. The changes would reduce the number of hours spent annually on direct inspections at U.S. nuclear power plants by 38 percent.
Executive Session|Panel
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Crystal B
Session Chair:
Miriam Juckett (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Kaushik Banerjee (INL)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is developing preliminary plans for a full-scale spent nuclear fuel cask demonstration – a first of its kind in the United States. The panelists will discuss options for the project, including types of demonstrations that could be conducted, anticipated outcomes, and how lessons learned from international tests and previous scale tests have been incorporated into the preliminary plans. The panelists also will discuss how DOE has engaged stakeholders and integrated their feedback throughout the process, including preliminary feedback from a recent Request for Information.
Paul Murray
DOE NE-8
Mark Richter
NEI
Kallie Metzger
Westinghouse
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