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There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Thursday, June 17, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair:
Adam Deatherage (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (ANS)
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Methods for Automating Electromagnetic Compatibility Testing
G. W. Morton (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), B. D. Shumaker (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), D. E. McCarter (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
Paper
Introduction to the Electromagnetic Pulse Issue in The Nuclear Power Industry
Richard Supler (Enercon Services), John Livingston (Enercon Services), Connor Armstrong (Enercon Services), Omran Samadi (Enercon Services)
Securing Wireless Technologies in Nuclear Facilities
Kurt W. Derr (INL), Christopher D. Becker (INL)
Perspectives on Secure Communications with Advanced Reactors: Ultrasonic and Millimeter Waves Classical and Quantum Communications
Alexander Heifetz (ANL), Madeleine Roberts (ANL), Sasan Bakhtiari (ANL), Derek Kultgen (ANL), Xin Hunag (Illinois Institute of Technology), Jafar Saniie (Illinois Institute of Technology), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. of Texas at San Antonio)
Electromagnetic Interference and Material Degradation Concerns with Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation in Nuclear Power Plant Control Rooms
C. J. Kiger (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), A. H. Hashemian (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), T. A. Toll (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), K. M. Ryan (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), S. M. Lopez (EPRI)
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