ANS & ASME webinar on nuclear quality assurance March 29: Register Now!

March 29, 2012, 6:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe

Free industry webcast: Setting a new standard for quality in nuclear power

Date: March 29, 2012quality

Time: 8 AM PT/11 AM ET/4 PM GMT

Register now for this complimentary webcast.

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Learn how standards developing organizations are using lessons learned over the past 30 years to account for existing and next generation nuclear power plants and how standards management within nuclear facilities is imperative to nuclear operations.

With the recent vote by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to give license approval for the nation's first two new nuclear power plants in 30 years, the U.S. nuclear industry took a major step toward returning to expansion after a long period of stability and safe operations. In the wake of the March 2011 incident at Japan's Fukushima plant, however, safety and quality assurance continues to be a paramount issue in the nuclear supply chain and facility operations.

temp ans asme logo comboIndustry standards such as ASME NQA-1 and ANS-3.2 are continually being modified to improve support for next generation nuclear power plant operations. The existing generation of U.S. nuclear power plants has one standard for the design and construction of a nuclear facility and a separate standard for the operations of that facility. It became evident that this model would not apply to newer nuclear facilities.

Join the American Nuclear Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and IHS as they give you an exclusive opportunity to view the current state of managerial, administrative and quality, assurance in the industry, and the critical role of standards in ensuring quality throughout nuclear operations. Don't miss this opportunity to understand the history of nuclear standards for managerial, administrative, and quality assurance and the changes needed to support the next generation of nuclear power plant operations.

Register now for this complimentary webcast.

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Speakers

Marion Smith

Chair, ANS-3.2 Working Group - American Nuclear Society

Kevin Ennis

Director, Nuclear Codes and Standards - American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Chad Hawkinson

Vice President, Product Design Solutions - IHS, Inc.

Moderator

Dan Yurman - Idaho Samizdat

For more information, please contact:

IHS logo tempDanielle Ulrich at

+1 303 858 6475 or Danielle.Ulrich@IHS.com 

15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80112, USA

Toll free: +1800 525 7052

 

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