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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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American Nuclear Society condemns attack on UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) issued the following statement:
"The American Nuclear Society condemns today's drone attack on the outer perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates. The IAEA has confirmed that radiation levels are normal and no injuries have been reported. The safety systems performed as designed, a demonstration of the layered protections built into robust modern nuclear facilities. Incidents like this reinforce the importance of the IAEA's calls for maximum military restraint around nuclear power reactors, and of full adherence by all combatants to the IAEA's seven pillars for nuclear safety and security during armed conflict."
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NISD
Friday, December 3, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Charles R. Martin
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
N. Prasad Kadambi
This panel session will highlight current and emergent issues in consensus standards, with a focus on industry needs for standards actions. The topics will also include: moving from risk informed to performance based standards; harmonization among ANS standards and between ANS standards and standards from other SDOs; digital twins as an adjunct to licensing by test; potential for standards action for System-Theoretic Process Analysis; perspectives by several ANS Consensus Committees; and may include perspectives from ASME, EPRI, IEEE, INPO, NEI, ISO and regulators. The Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) has participated in organizing this panel.
Charles Martin
Longenecker & Associates
N. Kadambi
Kadambi Engineering Consultants
Tunc Aldemir
Ohio State Univ.
Jean-Francois Lucchini
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Donald Eggett
Eggett Consulting LLC
Jim Xu
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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