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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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DOE report: Cost to finish cleaning up Hanford site could exceed $589 billion
The cost to complete the cleanup of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state could cost as much as $589.4 billion, according to the 2025 Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report, which was released by the DOE on April 15. While that estimate is $44.2 billion lower than the DOE’s 2022 estimate of $640.6 billion, a separate, low-end estimate has since grown by more than 21 percent, to $364 billion.
The life cycle report, which the DOE is legally required to issue every three years under agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), summarizes the remaining work scope, schedule, and cost estimates for the nuclear site. For more than 40 years, Hanford’s reactors produced plutonium for America’s defense program.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang
Alternate Chair:
Shannon L. Eggers
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Examination of the Concepts of Trust and Risk for Cybersecurity at Nuclear Facilities
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Kim Lawson-Jenkins (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Anya Kim (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Daniel Daszkiewicz (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
Methods for Prioritizing Simulation of Unsafe Control Actions for Cybersecurity Analysis
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Andrew S. Hahn (Sandia National Laboratories), Titus Gray (Sandia National Laboratories), Adam Beauchaine (Sandia National Laboratories), Lee Maccarone (Sandia National Laboratories), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia National Laboratories)
Development of A Vulnerability Management Tool for Advanced Reactors
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Michael A. Doran (Georgia Institute of Technology), Marc Zebrowitz (Georgia Institute of Technology), Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Risk-Informed Consequence-Driven Hybrid Cyber-Physical Protection System Security Optimization for MSRE
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Stephen Yoo (Georgia Institute of Technology), Fan Zhang (Georgia Institute of Technology), Carlo D. Colletto (Texas A&M University), Luis Bustillo (Texas A&M University), Karen V. Kirkland (Texas A&M University), Jarred Jordan (Georgia Institute of Technology), Martin G. Palomba (Georgia Institute of Technology), Shaheen A. Dewji (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Progress on the MARVEL Cybersecurity by Design Model-Based Systems Engineering Project
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Shannon L. Eggers (Idaho National Laboratory), Kevin O'Rear (Idaho National Laboratory), Ross Hays (Idaho National Laboratory), Peter Suyderhoud (Idaho National Laboratory)
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