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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Standards Program
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NRC proposes rule changes in response to EO
In April, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14270, “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy,” which calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (along with the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency) to issue a “sunset rule” to effectively nullify certain regulations in no more than five years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD|Cosponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Columbia 9
Session Chairs:
Jun Liao (WEC)
Rory Kennedy (INL)
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Pre-Test Simulation in Support of a Deformed Rod Bundle Experiment
1:00–1:20PM EST
F. Roelofs (NRG), P. Baas (NRG), H. Uitslag-Doolaard (NRG), M. Daubner (KIT), K. Litfin (KIT)
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Overview of State-of-the-Art Experimental Facilities for Westinghouse LFR
1:20–1:40PM EST
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Cory A. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Karina Assis (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Megan E. Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Asfaq Patel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jeff Arndt (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paul Barnes (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Fabio Martini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), James Holden (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Mike Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.)
Experimental Determination of Radionuclide Retention in Gen. IV Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors
1:40–2:00PM EST
Lukas Metzger (Virginia Tech), Jinsuo Zhang (Virginia Tech)
Development of Flow-Induced Vibration Experiment on ALFRED Fuel Assembly Mock-Up
2:00–2:20PM EST
Ivan Di Piazza (ENEA Brasimone), Daniele Martelli (ENEA Brasimone), Giorgio Mongiardini (Univ. di Roma La Sapienza), Mariano Tarantino (ENEA Brasimone), Massimo Valdiserri (ENEA Brasimone), Stefano Cati (ENEA Brasimone)
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