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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Sai Zhang
Alternate Chair:
Ha H. Bui
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Rancor-HUNTER: Using a Simulator Engine for Realistic Human Performance Modeling of Nuclear Power Operations
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Ronald Boring (INL), Roger Lew (University of Idaho), Thomas Ulrich (INL), Jooyoung Park (INL), Jisuk Kim (INL), Olugbenga Gideon (University of Idaho)
Paper
Dependent Time Model for Human Reliability Analysis with Performance Shaping Factors
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Gyun Seob Song (Chung-Ang University), Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang University)
A Mechanistic Approach to Human Reliability Analysis
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Torrey Mortenson (INL), Vincent Philip Paglioni (Colorado State), Patrick Behne (INL)
Comparison of NRC IDHEAS-ECA to EPRI HRA Approach
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Jeffery Julius (Jensen Hughes), Kaydee Gunter (Jensen Hughes), Mary Presely (EPRI)
Novel Quantitative Causal Logic Models for Human Reliability Analysis
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Camille S. Levine (Univ. Maryland, College Park), Katrina M. Groth (University of Maryland)
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