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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
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Zooming over PSA Models: Reducing PSA Models Without Loss of Generality
8:00–8:25AM EDT
M. Hibti (EDF), M. Hasseni (Assystem), N. Villatte (EDF)
Paper
Grouping and Initial Evaluation of Case Studies for Integrated Safety Assessment in the European BESEP Project
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Attila Bareith (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Tamas Siklossy (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Pavol Hlavac (RELKO Engineering and Consulting Services), Zoltan Kovacs (RELKO Engineering and Consulting Services)
Prioritizing Security Target Sets Using Risk-Informed Analysis
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Ricky Summitt (ENERCON)
Safety Margin Quantification by Integrating Probabilistic and Deterministic Safety Assessments -- A Demonstration Example
9:15–9:40AM EDT
Shizhen Yu (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles), Pierre-Etienne Labeau (Univ. Libre de Bruxelles), Jinzhao Zhang (Tractebel ENGIE)
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