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ARCADE Technical Pathway and Industry Impact

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The Advanced Reactor Cyber Analysis and Development Environment (ARCADE) simplifies the evaluation and assessment of robustness factor and cyber resilience that support secure-by-design for advanced reactor nuclear power plants. In this manner, ARCADE supports risk-informed performance based (RIPB) evaluations of cybersecurity through its integration of plant physics with high-fidelity emulations of control systems. This cross domain approach enables comprehensive analysis of control system sensitivities, cyber-attack scenarios, and their consequences. ARCADE has been custom developed to meet the demands identified in Tier 1 of the Tiered Cyber Analysis (TCA) as outlined in NRC Draft Regulation Guide (RG) 5.96, which provides a RIPB cybersecurity approach for new reactors.

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Hahn, Andrew Stuart [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)], Maccarone, Lee [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)], Gray, Titus Antonio [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)], Beauchaine, Adam James [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)], Rowland, Michael Terence [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)], Dougall, Fraser Lachlan [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)], Grady, John Connor [Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)]. 2025-02-01. ARCADE Technical Pathway and Industry Impact. https://doi.org/10.2172/2530801

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