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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Rodney Busquim (IAEA)
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (ANS)
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Development of a Cyber Response Strategy Establishment Method for Minimizing the Potential Risk from Cyber-Attacks in NPPs
Chanyoung Lee (KAIST), Young Ho Chae (KAIST), Poong Hyun Seong (KAIST)
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Cyber-Informed Engineering Case Study of an Integrated Hydrogen Generation Plant
Shannon Eggers (INL), Katya LeBlanc (INL), Robert Youngblood (INL), Tim McJunkin (INL), Konor Frick (INL), Daniel Wendt (INL), Robert Anderson (INL)
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Cyber Risks to the Operational Technology Architectures of Next Generation Nuclear Reactors
Ray Fasano (Sandia National Laboratories), Chris Lamb (Sandia National Laboratories), Mike Rowland (Sandia National Laboratories)
Cybersecurity Threat Scenario for a Hypothetical Nuclear Power Plant Facility
Krystian Szefler (National Centre for Nuclear Research), Marcin Dudek (National Centre for Nuclear Research), Jacek Gajewski (National Centre for Nuclear Research), Kinga Pankiewicz (National Centre for Nuclear Research), Jakub Suchorab (National Centre for Nuclear Research), Joanna Walkiewicz (National Centre for Nuclear Research)
Enhancing Safety and Security of Digital Instrumentation and Control System by Event Aggregation
Robert Altschaffel (Otto von Guericke Univ.), Fan Zhang (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Jianghai Li (Tsinghua Univ.), Jonas Hielscher (Otto von Guericke Univ.), Tamas Holczer (Budapest Univ. of Technology and Economics), Wen Si (Tsinghua Univ.), Kevin Lamshöft (Otto von Guericke Univ.)
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