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NRC approves overhaul of FOF inspections, baseline security programs
The security drills held at commercial nuclear power plants as part of the Force-on-Force (FOF) inspection program will no longer be led by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The commissioners on Friday approved recommendations presented earlier in the year by NRC staff to significantly overhaul the security program. This includes phasing out NRC-led drills by 2028. Following the phaseout, drills will be led by the licensee, with the NRC observing.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by MCD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Columbia 3
Session Chair:
Madicken Munk (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Brian C. Kiedrowski
Session Organizer:
Tara M. Pandya
Student Assistant:
Ethan Krammer
Topic: When research goes wrong, turn the table or ditch? This roundtable discussion will delve into the topic of how, what, when, and why to proceed from failed research in the nuclear mathematics and computational community. Do you pivot, ditch it all, or turn it all around? Also, how is failure currently perceived in the MCD community especially when it comes to publishing? Has this changed from the past and will it change going forward? These are just some of the questions that will be explored. Personal anecdotes and experiences will be shared from a panel of speakers as well as the audience.
Gregory Davidson
ORNL
Kendra Long
LANL
Jean Ragusa
Texas A&M Univ.
Leslie Kirby
Idaho State Univ.
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