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TH17 Building the Energy Future - Exploring Opportunities for the Safe and Economic Design and Construction of New and Advanced Nuclear Reactors

The safe and economic design and construction of nuclear power plant structures that will withstand seismic events is a critical area of investigation to support new and advanced reactor designs.  These advanced designs that range from microreactors to plants that will produce hundreds of megawatts of electricity, encourage the use of tailored approaches (such as risk-informed, performance-based efforts) to analyzing seismic hazard and other demands, rather than applying a one-size fits-all approach to accounting for varying risk and consequences.

The NRC staff and consultants, leading experts from industry and research institutions, and proponents of new and advanced reactor designs, will present their perspectives which will include the use of risk-informed, performance-based design approaches; tailored approaches for seismic hazard characterization; perspectives on the feasibility of applying commercial building construction codes; and the potential application of protective systems such as seismic isolation.


 
SESSION CHAIR(S):
 
  • Christian Araguas, NRC Standards Executive and Director, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC
 
SPEAKER(S):
 
 
SESSION COORDINATOR(S):
 
  • Thomas Weaver, Senior Seismologist, Geotechnical and Seismic Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC e-mail: Thomas.Weaver@nrc.gov
  • Laurel Bauer, Chief, Geotechnical and Seismic Engineering Branch, Division of Engineering, RES/NRC e-mail: Laurel.Bauer@nrc.gov

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