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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Education and training to support Canadian nuclear workforce development
Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
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|Northwestern/Ohio State
Session Chair:
Karl N. Fleming
Alternate Chair:
Jim Obrien
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Operational Experience and Development of a Reliability Model for the Advanced Test Reactor Demineralizer System
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Daniel K. Sluder (Idaho National Laboratory - Advanced Test Reactor), R. Duane Ball (INL), William M. McCartin (INL), Timothy J. Stout (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Evaluation of Standby Equipment Runtime Failure Rates
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Robert Kirchner (Jensen Hughes), Arfa Butt (Jensen Hughes), Meredith Blue (Jensen Hughes)
Emerging Concerns and Expectations for Optimizing Natural Circulation in Advanced Nuclear Reactors
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Samuel A. Olatubosun (Entergy Nuclear)
Safety Assessment of a Passive Decay Heat Removal System for a Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Conceptual Design
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Irfan Ibrahim (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Allen Croff (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), John Bolin (General Atomics), Eric Thornsbury (EPRI)
Cumulative Damage Modeling to Support Reliability Integrity Management
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Robert Youngblood (INL), Todd Anselmi (INL), Scott Ferrara (INL)
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