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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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A series of firsts delivers new Plant Vogtle units
Southern Nuclear was first when no one wanted to be.
The nuclear subsidiary of the century-old utility Southern Company, based in Atlanta, Ga., joined a pack of nuclear companies in the early 2000s—during what was then dubbed a “nuclear renaissance”—bullish on plans for new large nuclear facilities and adding thousands of new carbon-free megawatts to the grid.
In 2008, Southern Nuclear applied for a combined construction and operating license (COL), positioning the company to receive the first such license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2012. Also in 2008, Southern became the first U.S. company to sign an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a Generation III+ reactor. Southern chose Westinghouse’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor, which was certified by the NRC in December 2011.
Fast forward a dozen years—which saw dozens of setbacks and hundreds of successes—and Southern Nuclear and its stakeholders celebrated the completion of Vogtle Units 3 and 4: the first new commercial nuclear power construction project completed in the U.S. in more than 30 years.
Technical Session
Friday, November 12, 2021|8:00–10:00AM EST
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang (RPI)
Alternate Chair:
Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse)
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Discrete-Time Bayesian Networks Applied to Reliability of Flexible Coping Strategies of Nuclear Power Plants
8:00–8:30AM EST
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.), Victor C.Leite (Pennsylvania State University), Juliana P. Duarte (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.)
Paper
Effectiveness of Accident Mitigation Strategies Based on Mobile Equipment in Nuclear Power Plants
8:30–9:00AM EST
W. C. Seol (Nuclear Engineering Services & Solutions), J. W. Heo (Nuclear Engineering Services & Solutions), H. S. Chang (Nuclear Engineering Services & Solutions), S. R. Kim (Nuclear Engineering Services & Solutions), D. I. Choi (Nuclear Engineering Services & Solutions), M. S. Yang (Nuclear Engineering Services & Solutions), S.W. Ha (Nuclear Engineering Services & Solutions)
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Incorporation of FLEX Strategies and Equipment Into Probabilistic Risk Assessment Models of Nuclear Power Plants
9:00–9:30AM EST
Ching Ng (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Selim Sancaktar (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Robert Buell (INL)
PSA Model Development for Using Fire Water System and Associated Mobile Equipment in Support of Accident Mitigation
9:30–10:00AM EST
Tamas Siklossy (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Attila Bareith (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Nora Eigemann (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), David Hollo (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute)
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