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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning
The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301D
Session Chair:
Thomas A. Ulrich
Alternate Chair:
Rachael Hill
Session Organizer:
Jonghyun Kim
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Experience of Implementation and Use of Dynamic Instructions in MCR
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Javier Barroso (Tecnatom), Mateo Ramos (Tecnatom)
Paper
The Concept of Seamless Dynamic Emergency Operating Procedure
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Jung Sung Kang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Generation-Proof Alarm Design
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Reginald Seay (Jacobs Technology)
Developing Expertise and Collaboration of Nuclear Power Plant Field Operators in Virtual Reality
2:15–2:40PM EDT
S. Pakarinen (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), J. Laarni (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), T. Passi (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), H. Koskinen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), K. Lukander (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), T.-T. Salonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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