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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
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Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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 OPD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Erin Wehlage (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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Economic assessment of ABWR, SCWR and SMART by using G4-ECONS code
Salah Ud-Din Khan (Sustainable Energy Technologies Center)
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Modeling Operations and Maintenance Planning Decisions Under Uncertainty Using Bayesian Networks
Ryan M. Spangler (University of Pittsburgh), Lee T. Maccarone (University of Pittsburgh), Daniel G. Cole (University of Pittsburgh)
Economic Ramifications of Nuclear Load-Following in an ERCOT-like Market under High Renewables Penetration and Energy Policies
Kathryn Biegel (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory), Todd Levin (Argonne National Laboratory), Taek Kyum Kim (Argonne National Laboratory), Temitope A. Taiwo (Argonne National Laboratory)
A Multi-Criteria Benefit Evaluation Methodology Applied to FLEX Strategies in Nuclear Power Plants
Sai Zhang (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL), Hongbin Zhang (INL)
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