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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC adopts ROP updates
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a significant overhaul of its Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) baseline inspection program that stresses a leaner, more risk-focused inspection process.
This adoption comes just over a month after NRC officials published their findings on the proposed ROP changes. The changes would reduce the number of hours spent annually on direct inspections at U.S. nuclear power plants by 38 percent.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
The focus of the presentations will be to share current core design capabilities, developments, and methods for addressing issues impacting core designs and associated reactor engineering support activities. Particular issues may include recent operating experiences, Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF), load follow and alternative to load follow, high burnup/high enrichment in core design economics, and fuel and poison management economics.
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Application of Framatome's 3D Control Rod Ejection Methodology (AREA) to the Palo Verde Generating Station
MIchelle Guzzardo (Framatome), Richard C. Deveney (Framatome), David Medek (APS), Keith W. Maupin (Framatome)
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PWR Integral Gadolinia Burnable Absorber Loading Design In A Once-Through Core Reactivity Swing Minimization Assessment
Gray S. Chang (JFoster & Associates), Julie Foster (JFoster & Associates), Jim R. Harrell (Zachry Nuclear)
VVER-1000 Forum Benchmark
Romain Henry (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH), Kiril Velkov (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH)
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