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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 MSTD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Vincenzo V. Rondinella
Alternate Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Daryl Rizzo (American Nuclear Society)
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Quantifying Fuel Bonding Through Activation Analysis
John E. Barlow (University of Texas at Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
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Environmentally Assisted Cracking and Irradiation Embrittlement of Decommissioned Baffle Plates
Yiren Chen (Argonne National Laboratory), Bogdan Alexandreanu (Argonne National Laboratory), Appajosula S. Rao (US NRC)
Finite Element Simulations of Thermal Conductivity of SiC/SiC Composite
Lin Zhang (University of Pittsburgh), Xianping Zhong (University of Pittsburgh), Heng Ban (University of Pittsburgh)
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