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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|12:30–2:15PM EST |Columbia 1
Session Chair:
R. A. Borrelli
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Student Assistant:
Tyler Mark
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Cyberweapon Nonproliferation Controls for the Virtual Battlefield: Applying the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime to an Unseen Enemy
12:35–12:55PM EST
Michael Haney (Univ. of Idaho), Jacob Benjamin (Dragos), R. A. Borrelli (Univ. of Idaho)
Paper
Development of an NPP Safety State Estimation Method Secured from Process Data Manipulation Attacks
12:55–1:15PM EST
Chanyoung Lee (KAIST), Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST)
Attack Scenario Development for NPPs Using FANCY Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed
1:15–1:35PM EST
Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology), Christopher Spirito (INL), Ronald Boring (INL), Stacy Baskin (Southern Nuclear Operating Co.), Scott Ruoti (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Jamie Coble (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
Open Discussion on the Future of Cybersecurity in Nuclear Installations (Panel)
1:35–2:15PM EST
R. A. Borrelli (Univ. of Idaho), Fan Zhang (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Michael Haney (Univ. of Idaho)
