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Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NCSD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Catherine M. Percher
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin Martin
Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
This session is for sharing real-world operational off-normal events that impacted, or had the potential to impact, the criticality safety margin of the activity. Of particular interest is how the off-normal event occurred, how it was discovered, how the NCS staff responded, and root causes of the event.
Randy Shackelford
Nuclear Fuel Services
Kevin Carrol
PNNL
Ryan Tarver
CNS Y-12
David Costa
LANL
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