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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC staff proposes ROP, security inspection overhauls
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is recommending proposed changes for the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program that could reduce the number of hours spent annually on direct inspections at U.S. nuclear power plants by 38 percent.
In addition to the proposed ROP changes, NRC staff published recommendations for the baseline security program that would reduce the number of direct inspection hours necessary for this program by about 50 percent compared to current levels. This includes the Force-on-Force (FOF) inspection program.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair:
Jack D. Law
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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Characterizing the Properties of Spent Nuclear Fuel
John E. Barlow (The University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (The University of Texas at Austin), Tucker Sawyer (The University of Texas at Austin), Sebastian Vazquez (The University of Texas at Austin), Jason Pauly (The University of Texas at Austin), Kayla Casuga (The University of Texas at Austin)
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TN-32 Model Validation using the HBU Project Spent Fuel Temperature Data
Miles Greiner (University of Nevada, Reno), Mustafa Hadj Nacer (University of Nevada, Reno), Megan Higley (University of Nevada, Reno)
Storage and Transportation Strategy for Fluoride-salt-cooled High-temperature Reactors Spent Fuel
Massimiliano Fratoni (University of California Berkeley), Lorenzo Vergari (University of California Berkeley)
Dynamic Adsorption of Organoiodides using Mordenites
Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory), Krishnan S. Raja (University of Idaho), Chaithanya Balumuru (University of Idaho), John P. Stanford (University of Idaho), Tejaswini Vaidya (University of Idaho), Vivek P. Utgikar (University of Idaho)
Hydrodynamics of Extraction Devices: Residence Time Distribution in Centrifugal Extractors for Organic Phase
Kevin L. Lyon (Idaho National Laboratory), Vivek P. Utgikar (University of Idaho), chaithanya balumuru (University of Idaho)
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