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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Former NRC commissioners lend support to efforts to eliminate mandatory hearings
A group of nine former nuclear regulatory commissioners sent a letter Wednesday to the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission members lending support to efforts to get rid of mandatory hearings in the licensing process, which should speed up the process by three to six months and save millions of dollars.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MCD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Desert Willow
Session Chair:
David Griesheimer (NNL)
Alternate Chair:
Brian C. Kiedrowski
Session Organizer:
Sebastian Schunert (INL)
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Estimation of Plant Conditions and Environmental Impacts During Severe Accident
1:00–1:20PM MST
Young Suk Bang (FNC Technology), Keon Yeop Kim (FNC Technology), Su Won Lee (FNC Technology), So Eun Shin (FNC Technology), Jaehyun Cho (KAERI), Jin Hee Park (KAERI)
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Development of SMART100 Model for Large-Scale Integrated System Analysis
1:20–1:40PM MST
Young Suk Bang (FNC Technology), Keon Yeop Kim (FNC Technology), Seong Su Jeon (FNC Technology), Jung Jin Bang (FNC Technology), Hyeon Ho Byun (KAIST), Seong Woo Kang (KAIST), Man Seong Yim (KAIST)
Methodology for Determining the Run-In Scenario for a Pebble Bed Reactor
1:40–2:00PM MST
Ryan Stewart (INL), David A. Reger (Penn State), Paolo Balestra (INL), Gerhard Strydom (INL)
Multigroup Cross Section Sensitivity to Windowed Multipole Parameters
2:00–2:20PM MST
Isaac Meyer (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)
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