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Checking the Reasonableness of a Bayesian Update

10:10–10:40AM EST

Matthew M. Degonish (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Carroll A. Trull (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kenneth L. Kiper (Westinghouse Electric Co.)

Paper

Research Roadmap to Enhance Industry Legacy Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods and Tools

10:40–11:10AM EST

Andrew Miller (Jensen Hughes), Stephen M. Hess (Jensen Hughes), Curtis L. Smith (INL)

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Categorization of Reactor Sequences for Their Integration Into the SFP PSA Model

11:10–11:40AM EST

Cristina Israelsson Hilario (Tractebel ENGIE), Shizhen Yu (Tractebel ENGIE)

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Use of Severe Accident Codes to Refine Large Early Release Frequency to Support Realism in LERF Estimates

11:40AM–12:10PM EST

Ricky Summitt (Engineering Planning and Management)

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