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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Startup looks to commercialize inertial fusion energy
Another startup hoping to capitalize on progress the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has made in realizing inertial fusion energy has been launched. On August 27, San Francisco–based Inertia Enterprises, a private fusion power start-up, announced the formation of the company with the goal of commercializing fusion energy.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom C
Session Chair:
Ha H. Bui
Alternate Chair:
Rawan Mustafa
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Fire PRA Human Failure Event Dependency Considerations with FLEX
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Dillon Sanders (Engineering Planning & Management, Inc.), Casey Weiser (Duke Energy)
Paper
Extending A Mathematical Equation for Quantification of FLEX Action Dependencies
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Yochan Kim (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Jaewhan Kim (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute), Jinkyun Park (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Applying the SPAR-H Human Reliability Methodology to FLEX Strategies
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Sergio Courtin (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid), César Queral (Univ. Politécnica de Madrid)
Overview of Credible Dependent Failure Mechanism (CDFM) Dependency Methodology - A New EPRI HRA Dependency Method
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Eric Thornsbury (EPRI), Kaydee Gunter (Jensen Hughes), Jeff Julius (Jensen Hughes), Annika Macleod (Jensen Hughes), Davide Mercurio (Jensen Hughes), Pierre Macheret (Jensen Hughes)
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