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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm A
Session Chair:
Dennis W. Henneke
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Aslak Stubsgaard
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The Co-Evolution of the GE-Hitachi BWRX-300 Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Plant Design
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Nathan DeKett (GE - Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Dennis Henneke (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Paper
Application of the GIF Safety Design Criteria and Safety Design Guidelines on Decay Heat Removal System to Next Generation Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor in Japan
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Hidemasa Yamano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoshi Futagami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Koichi Higurashi (Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc.)
Application of the RMPS+ Method to the BWRX-300 Isolation Condenser System: An Introduction
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Tyra Gordon (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Nathan DeKett (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Dennis Henneke (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Jonathan Li (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Development and Demonstration of a Prototype Molten Salt Sampling System
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Application of the GIF Safety Design Criteria and Safety Design Guidelines on Reactor Shutdown System to Next Generation Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor in Japan
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Hidemasa Yamano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Satoshi Futagami (Japan Atomic Energy Agency), Akihiro Shibata (Mitsubishi FBR Systems, Inc.)
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