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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
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:
Sai Zhang
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 (X-energy), Can Li (Microsoft)
Paper
Assessment of Bleed-and-Feed Procedure during Station Blackout Scenario for 4 Loop PWR
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Asmaa S. Farag (Nuclear Installations Safety Division), Akram S. Batikh, Rawan Mustafa, 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)
Evaluating FRI3D for Cost Savings in Fire Hazard Analysis at DOE Sites
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Steven Prescott (INL), Emerald Ryan (INL), Brant Campbell (INL), Svetlana Lawrence (INL), Robby Christian (INL)
Predictive Decision-Making in Support of the Selection of Degree of Realism in Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA)
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Sari Alkhatib (ANL), Tatsuya Sakurahara (University of Pittsburgh), Seyed-A. Reihani (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
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