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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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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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Lisa Marshall discusses the future of nuclear education
ANS President Lisa Marshall recently sat down with Phil Zeringue, vice president of strategic partnerships at Nuclearn.ai to talk about the evolving state of education in the nuclear world.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Monday, July 17, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|300A
Session Chair:
Nathan Siu (Retired_NRC)
Alternate Chair:
Camille Levine (Univ MD, College Park)
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Back to Basics: First Principles of HRA
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Torrey Mortenson (INL), Vincent Philip Paglioni (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Ronald Boring (INL)
Paper
Base Standardized Plant Analysis Risk (SPAR) Model Human Failure Event Application of Integrated Human Event Analysis System for Event and Condition Assessment (IDHEAS-ECA)
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Christopher Hunter (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Qin Pan (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Y. James Chang (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Jing Xing (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Kevin Coyne (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
A Framework for Time-Based Human Reliability Evaluation Method in Dynamic PSA
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Wooseok Jo (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Estimating the Contributions to Human Error Probability from the Convolution of the Distribution of Time Available and Time Required
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Brett A. Jefferson (PNNL), Garill Coles (PNNL), Jessica Baweja (PNNL), Yung Hsien James Chang (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Rajiv Prasad (PNNL)
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