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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves overhaul of FOF inspections, baseline security programs
The security drills held at commercial nuclear power plants as part of the Force-on-Force (FOF) inspection program will no longer be led by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The commissioners on Friday approved recommendations presented earlier in the year by NRC staff to significantly overhaul the security program. This includes phasing out NRC-led drills by 2028. Following the phaseout, drills will be led by the licensee, with the NRC observing.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson West
Session Chair:
Simon M. Pimblott
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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MFUEL: Mechanistic Metal Fuel Performance Models of SAS4A/SASSYS-1
1:00–1:20PM EST
Aydin Karahan (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Taeil Kim (ANL), Thomas Fanning (ANL)
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Simulated Pellet Dispersal Experiments to Study FFRD Behavior Using i-LOCA
1:20–1:40PM EST
Hyunwoo Yook (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), SungHoon Joung (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Boyeon Kweon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
HERA Modeling and Simulation Exercise: BISON Results
1:40–2:00PM EST
C. Folsom (INL), S. Seo (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), C. Jensen (INL)
Coupling of Fuel Cladding Chemical Interaction BISON Correlation Model with a Porous Diffusion Model
2:00–2:20PM EST
Robert D. Powers (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State)
Development of a Model for Irradiation-Induced Grain Growth in UO2 Thin Films
2:20–2:40PM EST
Md Ali Muntaha (Univ. Florida), Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida), Larry Aagesen (INL)
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