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Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, June 13, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Capistrano A
Session Chairs:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
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Assessment of Fire Experimental Data for Use in Nuclear Power Plants Fire PRA
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Urvin Salvi (Virginia Tech), Jun Wang (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Virginia Tech)
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Attachment — Elvan Sahin-Bio
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Loss of Offsite Power Analysis 2020 Update
Zhegang Ma (INL), Nancy Johnson (INL)
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Initiating Events Analysis to Support Preliminary Steps Toward a Full Scope Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for the PULSTAR Research Reactor
Malek Abedrabouh (NCSU), Noah Davis (NCSU), Veronica Heyl (NCSU), Jaylen Jones (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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