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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST|Sonoran 1
Session Chair:
Curtis L. Smith
Session Organizer:
Robert W. Youngblood
This panel is one in a series of panel discussions sponsored by ANS's Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Principles and Policy Committee on incorporation of RIPB principles into ANS standards. This panel will include a report on RP3C's development of a Guidance Document aimed at standards developers to help incorporate RIPB principles into their standards, (tentatively) a presentation on the current status of a standard under development, a discussion of Southern Company's use of the "affirmative safety case" concept in their approach to non-LWR licensing basis development, and a brief presentation on ANS's newly constituted "Advanced Reactor Working Group."
James O'Brien
U.S. Dept. of Energy
Brandon Chisholm
Southern Co.
N. Kadambi
Kadambi Engineering Consultants
Kent Welter
NuScale Power
Tatsuya Sakurahara
Univ. Illinois, Urbana Champaign
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