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History in the making: D&D begins on Three Mile Island-2
Constellation Energy has announced that it will seek to restart Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania as part of an agreement with Microsoft to power that company’s data centers. Given the growing interest by tech companies in using clean, reliable nuclear power to meet their growing energy demands, the September 20 announcement to reopen TMI-1, which was shut down and defueled in 2019, was not a huge surprise.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|12:30–2:15PM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chairs:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
Alternate Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
This session will include presentations of the technical papers listed below, and the winner of NISD's 2021 Tommy Thompson award, Karl Fleming, will be recognized for his outstanding contributions to the enhancement of nuclear installations safety.
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Reliability of Cascade Failure of Heat Pipes in Micro Modular Reactors
12:35–12:55PM EST
Eunseo So (INL), Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.)
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Pathway to Resolving Gaps in Advanced Reactor Mechanistic Source Term
12:55–1:15PM EST
Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), David Grabaskas (ANL)
Enabling Nuclear Deployment in Locations Without Robust Regulatory Institutions Through Technology-Enhanced Regulatory Frameworks
1:15–1:35PM EST
Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
Task Analysis for Human Reliability Analysis of Startup and Shutdown Operation
1:35–1:55PM EST
Woo Seok Jo (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science & Technology)
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