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August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session|Cosponsored by PSA
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301A
Session Chair:
Mary R. Presley
Alternate Chair:
Ronald L. Boring
Session Organizer:
Lou Martinez Sancho
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Application of Human Reliability Analysis to DI&C Control Room Modernization
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Jing Xing (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Y. James Chang (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
A Unified Approach: Human Factors, Human Reliability and Human Performance Data for Digital Systems
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Mary Presley (EPRI), Matt Gibson (EPRI)
Time-Dependent Human Reliability of Nuclear Power Plants with Digital Interfaces
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Wondea Jung (KAERI)
Preliminary Empirical Findings on Dependency from a Simulator Study
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Ronald Boring (INL), Thomas Ulrich (INL), Roger Lew (Univ. Idaho), Anna Hall (INL), Jooyoung Park (INL), Jisuk Kim (INL)
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