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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 5
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Accelerating Advanced Nuclear Reactor Development Through the NRIC Test Beds
1:00–1:07PM MDT
Troy P. Burnnett (Battelle Energy Aliance), Marvin W. Fielding (Batelle Energy Alliance)
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Utilizing NRIC Test Beds -- FEEED/User Guide
1:07–1:14PM MDT
Marvin W. Fielding (INL), Troy P. Burnett (INL)
National Reactor Innovation Center - Laboratory for Operations and Testing in the United States and Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment
1:14–1:21PM MDT
James A. King (INL), Jacob Rymer (INL)
BWX Technology's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program Work at Idaho National Laboratory
1:21–1:28PM MDT
Sam Reiss (National Reactor Innovation Center)
National Reactor Innovation Center Advanced Construction Technology Program
1:28–1:35PM MDT
Luke Voss (INL)
Framework for Analyzing Nuclear Supply Chain Dynamics and Advanced Reactor Deployment
1:35–1:42PM MDT
Jia Zhou (Argonne National Laboratory), Scott Richards (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew Riddle (Argonne National Lab), William N. Mann (Argonne National Laboratory), Nicolas E. Stauff (Argonne National Laboratory)
INL Support of the X-energy Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program
1:42–1:49PM MDT
U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program Through the Lens of the National Reactor Innovation Center
1:49–1:56PM MDT
Gregory Core (INL)
The National Reactor Innovation Center's Support for TerraPower's Natrium Demonstration Reactor Project
1:56–2:03PM MDT
Providing Experimental Infrastructure for Accelerating Advanced Reactor Demonstrations through the National Reactor Innovation Center
2:03–2:10PM MDT
Gregory M. Core (INL)
Presented by Thomas Folk (INL)
Innovating Nuclear Through Legacy Documents
2:10–2:17PM MDT
Holly J. Powell (Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN)), Christopher Kowalczyk (INL), Jonathan Grams (Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN))
Variable-Curvature Helical Coil and Coil Bundles Arranged in Longitudinal Staggered Arrangement -- A New Method to Enhance H&MT in Tube-Side and Shell-Side of SGs
2:17–2:24PM MDT
Nailiang Zhuang (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronuatics)
Oklo's Fuel Fabrication and Reactor Demonstration at Idaho National Laboratory
2:24–2:31PM MDT
Reaching Net-Zero Through Nuclear: Idaho National Laboratory's Initiatives to Demonstrate and Deploy Nuclear Energy Options
2:31–2:38PM MDT
Jhansi Kandasamy (INL), Elizabeth Brunner (INL)
Economic and Practical Advantages of Transportable Floating Nuclear Reactors
2:38–2:45PM MDT
Aaron B. Horwood (University of South Carolina), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Travis W. Knight (University of South Carolina)
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