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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
August 8–11, 2021
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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Bumpy roads lead to beautiful places
Craig Piercy
Per Nuclear News tradition, this month’s issue is dedicated to highlighting our nuclear technology supply chain. U.S. nuclear suppliers have certainly seen their share of challenges in the last decade or so. The widely anticipated “Nuclear Renaissance” of the early 2000s gave way to Fukushima, then a wavelet of plant closures that ANS President Steve Nesbit addresses in his column on page 15 of the August 2021 issue of Nuclear News.
However, the nuclear narrative has taken on a more positive tone of late. Significant federal investments in advanced nuclear energy systems, coupled with a broader recognition of the need to decarbonize, has stoked excitement for a new generation of U.S. technology on the verge of scaled commercial deployment by the end of the decade. Hopefully, in the words of Washington Nationals manager Davey Martinez, whose team went from a 19–32 record to World Series champs in 2019, “Bumpy roads lead to beautiful places.”
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9:00–10:30AM (10:00–11:30AM EST)
Panel|Sponsored by Advanced Modeling Applications
Session Chair: Erik Mader|Alternate Chair: Robert St. Clair
11:00AM–1:10PM (12:00–2:10PM EST)
Session Chair: David Kropaczek|Alternate Chair: Lucas Kyriazidis
Sponsored by Fuel Materials and Chemistry
Session Chair: Richard Williamson|Alternate Chair: David Andersson
Sponsored by Radiation Transport Methods
Session Chair: Tara Pandya|Alternate Chair: Bill Martin
1:40–3:20PM (2:40–4:20PM EST)
Session Chairs: Mike Doster, Bill Martin, Sherry Bailey
Session Chair: Giovanni Pastore|Alternate Chair: Ryan Sweet
Sponsored by Physics Integration
Session Chair: Ross Bartlett|Alternate Chair: Scott Palmtag
3:50–5:30PM (4:50–6:30PM EST)
Sponsored by Advanced Modeling Applications
Session Chair: Cenk Guler|Alternate Chair: Brenden Mervin
Session Chair: Kyle Gamble|Alternate Chair: Michael Cooper
Session Chair: Kevin Clarno|Alternate Chair: Tom Downar
Session Chair: David Kropaczek|Alternate Chair: Scott Palmtag
Session Chair: Zeses Karoutas|Alternate Chair: Andrew Godfrey
Sponsored by Thermal Hydraulic Methods
Session Chair: Emilio Baglietto|Alternate Chair: Matteo Bucci
Panel|Sponsored by Verification and Validation Impl
Session Chair: David Luxat|Alternate Chair: William Oberkampf
Session Chair: Fausto Francescini|Alternate Chair: David Kropaczek
Panel|Sponsored by Physics Integration
Session Chair: Rob Lefebvre|Alternate Chair: Brendan Kochunas
Session Chair: Gretar Tryggvason|Alternate Chair: Igor Bolotnov
Session Chair: Andrew Godfrey|Alternate Chair: David Kropaczek
Panel|Sponsored by Radiation Transport Methods
Session Chair: David Pointer|Alternate Chair: Su-Jong Yoon
9:00–10:45AM (10:00–11:45AM EST)
Panel|Sponsored by Fuel Materials and Chemistry
Session Chair: David Andersson|Alternate Chair: David J. Kropaczek
Session Chair: Bill Martin|Alternate Chair: Tara Pandya
Sponsored by Verification and Validation Impl
Session Chair: Chris Jones|Alternate Chair: Nathan Porter
11:15AM–1:00PM (12:15–2:00PM EST)
Session Chair: Jason Hales|Alternate Chair: David Andersson
Session Chair: Ralph Smith|Alternate Chair: David Luxat
1:30–3:15PM (2:30–4:15PM EST)
Session Chair: David Andersson|Alternate Chair: Brian Wirth
Session Chair: Bob Salko|Alternate Chair: Yunlin Xu
Session Chair: Robert Brewster|Alternate Chair: Jun Soo Yoo
