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Tennessee senators call on Trump to “rescue TVA from itself”
Hagerty
Blackburn
In a strongly worded opinion piece published by Power Magazine on March 24, Tennessee Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty call for new leadership at the Tennessee Valley Authority to jumpstart its small modular reactor program.
The GOP lawmakers are looking to President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright to overhaul TVA’s board of directors to drive America’s role in the nuclear renaissance. TVA is the first and only U.S. energy company to obtain an early site permit for a small modular reactor, but the utility has not progressed on physical deployment of a unit since the permit was awarded in 2019.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by Verification and Validation Impl
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
David Luxat (Sandia National Laboratory)
Alternate Chair:
William Oberkampf (Sandia-retired)
Session Organizers:
Scott Palmtag (NC State Univ.)
David Kropaczek (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
Thomas Folk (Univ. of Michigan)
Advanced modeling and simulation tools, such as encompassed by the VERA code suite, are characterized by high fidelity, high simulation capabilities for modeling coupled, multiphysics phenomena. Within CASL, a significant effort has been expended, especially in the areas of code and solution verification, to identify areas for code enhancement to further mature the VERA code suite predictive capabilities. More recently, CASL and the NRC have completed a collaboration on the use of advanced modeling and simulation tools in a regulatory environment. Modern VVUQ methods are proving essential to establish the necessary level of credibility for application of predictive computer simulation tools in a regulatory environment. This panel will discuss VVUQ and modeling and simulation in a regulatory environment.
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