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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Tatsuya Sakurahara
Alternate Chair:
Jon Facemire
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Bleed & Feed with One Pressurizer PORV for Loss of All Feedwater Investigation Using MAAP5 at STP
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Zhiping Li (STP Nuclear), Can Li (Microsoft)
Paper
Preliminary Assessment of Bleed and Feed During Total Loss of Feedwater (TLOFW) Accident in a 4-Loop PWR to Inform Dynamic PRA (DPRA) Efforts
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Asmaa A. Farag (NCSU), Akram S. Batikh (NCSU), Rawan Mustafa (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Development of a FATE Model for Severe Accident Analysis of Non-LWR Facilities
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Ryan Som (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mark Hillary (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luciano Maniaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Robert Jakub (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yizhou Yan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Christian Renk (WEC DBA Fauske & Associates), Kayla Watanabe (WEC DBA Fauske & Associates)
Predictive Decision-Making in Support of the Selection of Degree of Realism in Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Sari Alkhatib (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tatsuya Sakurahara (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Seyed-A. Reihani (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
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