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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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2022 ANS Annual Meeting
June 12–16, 2022
Anaheim, CA|Anaheim Hilton
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Cost drivers of nuclear steam cycle construction
Interest in reducing carbon emissions around the world continues to climb. As a complement to the increasing deployment of variably generating renewables, advanced nuclear is commonly shown in net-zero grid modeling for 2050 because it represents firm electricity production that can flex in output with load demands.1 However, these projections are challenged by the high levelized cost of electricity associated with legacy nuclear construction, which is often more than double that of modern combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Friday, December 3, 2021|9:00–10:45AM (10:00–11:45AM EST)|Fairchild
Session Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (Westinghouse)
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
Student Assistant:
Rizki Oktavian
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Design Uncertainty Elimination for a Mutual Inductance Level Sensor
9:05–9:25AM (10:05–10:25AM EST)
Duane DiCenzo (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Teddy Kent (ANL), Heng Ban (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Chris Grandy (ANL)
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Advanced Nuclear Industry Prepared for Future Licensing and Deployment
9:25–9:45AM (10:25–10:45AM EST)
Cyril W. Draffin, Jr. (US Nuclear Industry Council), Jeffery S. Merrifield (Pillsbury), Peter S. Hastings (Kairos Power)
Techno-Economic Analysis of Various Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
9:45–10:05AM (10:45–11:05AM EST)
Anthony Asuega (Colorado State Univ.), Jason Quinn (Colorado State Univ.)
Insights from Capital Cost Estimation of GENIII+ Plants
10:05–10:25AM (11:05–11:25AM EST)
W. Robb Stewart (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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