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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
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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)
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|300A
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang (RPI)
Alternate Chair:
Valentin Rychkov
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Importance Measure for Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Cost Savings for Safety Systems and Components
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Asad Ullah Amin Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Junyung Kim (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Paper
Statecharts as a Dynamic Method for Risk Assessment.
10:25–10:50AM EDT
V. Rychkov (EDF), C. Picoco (EDF), C. Massoulier (EDVANCE), R. Roy (EDVANCE)
High-Performance Computing Implementation for ADS-IDAC
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Alp Tezbasaran (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Dynamic Fuzzy Reliability and Safety Assessment of Passive Safety Systems in Small Modular Reactors
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Parham Khosravi Babadi (Univ. Ontario Institute of Technology), Lixuan Lu (Univ. Ontario Institute of Technology)
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