Recapping the ANS/NEI Advanced Reactor Codes and Standards WorkshopNuclear NewsJuly 10, 2020, 11:59AM|Nuclear News StaffAs industry steps up its efforts to design, develop, and deploy advanced reactors, codes and standards must be developed to support these technologies. Toward that end, ANS and the Nuclear Energy Institute collaborated to host a virtual workshop on June 23 for industry partners to discuss the development of advanced reactor codes and standards.NEI’s senior director of new reactors, Marc Nichol, welcomed more than 400 attendees to the online meeting, and ANS’s director of government relations, John Starkey, outlined the meeting logistics.Go to ArticleTags:advanced reactorsonline resourcesstandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Feature ArticleRisk-informed, performance-based safety: Past, present, and futureRisk-informed and performance-based approaches to nuclear safety have saved money and improved safety for current reactors and have the potential to offer even greater benefits for advanced reactors.Nuclear NewsJune 26, 2020, 3:05PM|N. Prasad Kadambi, Edward Wallace, James O’Brien, and Robert YoungbloodSince the 1980s, the nuclear power industry in the United States has worked to enhance the regulatory framework for nuclear facilities by making it more risk-informed and performance-based (RIPB). This has had some success in improving safety and reducing regulatory burden by focusing resources on the most risk--significant areas and allowing greater flexibility in choosing ways to achieve desired safety outcomes. However, there are further opportunities for the use of RIPB approaches in addressing current regulations and applying implementation tools, and in developing new RIPB regulations and advanced tools to further sharpen the focus on risk and performance outcomes.Go to ArticleTags:ans standardsnrcperformance-basedripbrisk assessmentrisk-informedstandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS/NEI advanced reactor codes and standards workshopANS NewsJune 18, 2020, 1:37PM|ANS News StaffThe American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute have organized a workshop for industry partners to discuss standards needs to support advanced reactors. The workshop will be conducted virtually through the Zoom platformThe workshop will be held on Tuesday, June 23, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT).ExpandTags:advanced reactorscodesneistandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Standards Community of Practice for RIPB methodsANS NewsMarch 3, 2020, 2:33PM|ANS News StaffThe Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C), a special committee of the ANS Standards Board, has launched a Community of Practice (CoP) to support risk-informed, performance-based (RIBP) methods in ANS standards. The CoP consists of interested professionals who can contribute to standards development priorities identified in the Standards Committee Strategic Plan and in ANS Position Statement #46, “Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants.”ExpandTags:online resourcespublicationsstandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS publishes revised standard on PWR reload startup physics testsANS NewsFebruary 25, 2020, 2:43PM|ANS News StaffThe ANS Standards Committee has just published ANSI/ANS-19.6.1-2019, “Reload Startup Physics Tests for Pressurized Water Reactors” (revision of ANS-19.6.1-2011). The standard, approved December 19, 2019, provides guidance for verifying the nuclear characteristics of a commercial pressurized water reactor core following a refueling or other alteration of the reactor core for which nuclear design calculations are required. The standard provides the minimum acceptable startup physics test program, while recognizing that additional tests may be required by special design features of a particular core.ExpandTags:online resourcespublicationsstandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
Standards training course available for free onlineANS Nuclear CafeMay 14, 2012, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeANSI strongly encourages all U.S. delegates to participate in international standardization meetingsGo to ArticleTags:educationstandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook
ANS & ASME webinar on nuclear quality assurance March 29: Register Now!ANS Nuclear CafeMarch 29, 2012, 6:00AM|ANS Nuclear CafeFree industry webcast: Setting a new standard for quality in nuclear powerGo to ArticleTags:american nuclear societystandardsShare:LinkedInTwitterFacebook