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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|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang (RPI)
Alternate Chair:
Lee T. Maccarone
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Investigation of the Use of Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methodologies for Analyzing Digital I&C System Common Cause Failures
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Gulcin Sarici Turkmen (Ohio State), Han Bao (INL), Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State)
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Introducing Multiple Control Paths in the Dual Error Propagation Graph for Stochastic Failure Analysis of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Priyanka Pandit (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Risk-Informing Critical Digital Assets (CDAs) for Nuclear Power Systems
1:50–2:15PM EDT
M. D. Muhlheim (ORNL), F. G. Hudson (Metcalfe), R. W. Youngblood (INL)
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