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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning
The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse)
Alternate Chair:
Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Developing Multi-Unit Common Cause Failure Parameters for a Subset of Equipment
8:00–8:25AM EDT
M. Degonish (Ameren Missouri), Josh Beckton (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC)
Paper
Treatment of Adjacent Unit Release Effects in Multi-Unit PRA
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Futoshi Tanaka (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Yasushi Yamamoto (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Ryohei Shioya (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Bounding Risk Analysis of Seismically Induced Turbine Missiles Using the Probabilistic Safety Assessment Approach for a Multi-Unit Second Generation PWR Nuclear Power Plant
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Andrea Serrano-Costafreda (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture), Albert Janes-Ribas (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture), Pedro Díaz-Bayona (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture)
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