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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Nano to begin drilling next week in Illinois
It’s been a good month for Nano Nuclear in the state of Illinois. On October 7, the Office of Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that the company would be awarded $6.8 million from the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois Act to help fund the development of its new regional research and development facility in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Sonoran 2
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang
Alternate Chair:
Vivek Agarwal
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Case Study in Critical Digital Asset (CDA) Reductions Through Application of Cyber Security Rule Guidance
10:00–10:20AM MST
Scott Junkin (Southern Nuclear Corp.), Gary Locklear (Kinectrics Inc.)
Paper
Simulated Boron Shimming Cyber-Attack on Pressurized Water Reactor
10:20–10:40AM MST
Sam J. Root (Univ. Idaho), Porter Throckmorton (Univ. Idaho), Michael Haney (Univ. Idaho), R. A. Borrelli (Univ. Idaho)
Assessment of Quantum Technologies for Potential Nuclear Applications
10:40–11:00AM MST
Shelby Karpa (EPRI), Alexander Cornwell (EPRI), Jeremy Renshaw (EPRI), Emma L. Wong (EPRI)
Development of a Full Scope NPP Cybersecurity Hardware-in-the-Loop Testbed
11:00–11:20AM MST
Avery Skolnick (Georgia Tech), Patience Lamb (Georgia Tech), Xiangyi Chen (Georgia Tech), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
Safety and Security Considerations for the Use of Wireless Technologies in NPPs
11:20–11:40AM MST
Leroy Hardin (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Erick Martinez Rodriguez (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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