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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.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301E
Session Chair:
Paul J. Hunton
Alternate Chair:
Casey R. Kovesdi
Session Organizer:
Jeffrey C. Joe
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Hunton - Safety Related I&C Pilot Upgrade Design Lessons Learned
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Kovesdi - Safety Related I&C Upgrade HFE Lessons Learned
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Mohon - Safety-Related I&C Upgrade 3D Modeling
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Rejas - Kozloduy NPP unit 5-6 I&C and Control Room Modernization
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Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control Upgrade Pilot Project Conceptual and Design Phase Lessons Learned
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Paul J. Hunton (INL), Robert T. England (INL), Gerald Segner (Constellation Energy), Mark Samselski (Constellation Energy), George Bonnani (Constellation Energy), Scott Schumacher (Constellation Energy), Paul Krueger (Constellation Energy)
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Safety Related IC Upgrade Pilot Lessons Learned - Slide Presentation
Safety-Related Instrumentation and Control Upgrade Pilot Project: NUREG-0711 Process Development, Planning and Analysis Activities, and Lessons Learned
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Casey Kovesdi (INL), Paul Hunton (INL), Jeffrey Joe (INL), Jeremy Mohon (INL)
3D Modeling of Safety-Related Upgrade Pilot Project
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Jeremy Mohon (INL), Casey Kovesdi (INL), Paul Hunton (INL), Jeffrey Joe (INL)
I&C and Control Room Modernization for Kozloduy NPP Unit 5&6
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Luis Rejas (Tecnatom), Maria Lopez (Tecnatom), Mateo Ramos (Tecnatom)
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