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NRC’s David Wright visits the Hill and more NRC news
Wright
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the spotlight today for three very different reasons. First, NRC Chair David Wright was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his renomination hearing in front of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Second, the NRC released its updated milestone schedules according to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) and the executive orders signed by President Trump last month; and third, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 28 former NRC officials have condemned the dismissal of Commissioner Hanson earlier this month.
Renomination: EPW Committee chair Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) opened the hearing with a statement praising Wright’s experience and emphasized the urgency of stable leadership at the NRC.
“China is executing a rapid build-out of its nuclear industry,” Capito said. “The demand for clean, baseload power is skyrocketing as we position America to win the AI race.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, November 16, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney
Session Organizer:
Andrew J. Clark
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (American Nuclear Society)
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Integrated Enterprise Risk Management to Synchronize Safety and Profitability for Nuclear Power Plants
John Beal (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Seyed Reihani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Ernie Kee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Tatsuya Sakurahara (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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Integrated Probabilistic Physics of Failure Methodology to Estimate Pipe Failure Rates for Risk-Informed Analysis of Advanced Reactors
Zahra Mohaghegh (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Ernie Kee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Seyed-A. Reihani (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Tatsuya Sakurahara (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), John Beal (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign), Wen-Chi Cheng (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
I-PRA Uncertainty Importance Ranking to Enhance Fire PRA Realism for Nuclear Power Plants
Ha Bui (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), John M. Biersdorf (University of Idaho), Seyed Reihani (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Tatsuya Sakurahara (University of Illinois)
Risk-Informing Digital I&C Designs using the HAZCADS Process
Matt Gibson (EPRI), John E. Weglian (EPRI), Wes Brinsfield (Jensen Hughes Inc.)
Coping time estimation for accident tolerant nuclear power plant
Robby Christian (INL), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Asad Ullah Amin Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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