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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
Alternate Chair:
John E. Weglian
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Analyzing Hardware and Software Common Cause Failures in Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems Using Dual Error Propagation Method
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Priyanka Pandit (NCSU), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Han Bao (INL), Mihai Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Hazards and Consequences Analysis for Digital Systems (HAZCADS)
1:25–1:50PM EDT
John E. Weglian (EPRI), Matt Gibson (EPRI)
Sensitivity and Importance Analyses for Various Design Architectures for High Safety-Significant Safety-Related Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems of Nuclear Power Plants
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Sai Zhang (INL), Han Bao (INL), Tate Shorthill (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jooyoung Park (INL), Edward Chen (NCSU)
Preliminary Benchmarking of SAPHSOLVE, XFTA, and SCRAM Using Synthetically Generated Fault Trees with Common Cause Failures
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Asmaa S. Farag (NCSU), Egemen M. Aras (NCSU), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), S. Ted Wood (INL), Jordan Boyce (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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