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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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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
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Sajedul Talukder
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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The IEC Standard Series on Cybersecurity for I&C and Electrical Systems in Nuclear Power Plants
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Edward L. Quinn (Paragon Energy Solutions), Tighe W. Smith (Paragon Energy Solutions, LLC), Ludovic Pietre-Cambacedes (EDF), Thomas Walter (Preussen Elektra), Juergen Bochtler (Siemens Energy), Michael T. Rowland (Sandia National Laboratories)
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Update on C&S Work - Commercial vs. Nulcear Grade Components
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Johannes Pickelmann (Framatome GmbH)
Adopting CAE: A Deployment Approach for a Performance-Based Nuclear Industry
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Robin Bloomfield (Adelard, Part of NCC Group), Ben Phillips (Adelard, Part of NCC Group), Panayiota Sketsiou (Adelard, Part of NCC Group), Mark Bowell (Office for Nuclear Regulation), Silke Kuball (EDF Nuclear Services)
First of a Kind Use of an Assurance Case in NEI 20-07 to Address Common Cause Failure
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Andrew Nack (Rivermist Engineering LLC/ University of Tennessee- Knoxville), Simon Diemert (Critical Systems Labs Inc.), Alan Campbell (Nuclear Energy Institute)
Modernization Options for Maintaining Independence of Class 1E Circuits
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Franklin Hope (Jensen Hughes Inc.), Dane Lovelace (Jensen Hughes)
Use of FPGA Tools for Digital I&C Implementations
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Steve Y. Yang (NuScale Power), Yin Guo (NuScale Power)
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