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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Purdue/Wisconsin
Session Chair:
Jonathen Facemire
Alternate Chair:
David Grabaskas
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Establishing Risk-Informed Safety Management at a New Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Attila Bareith (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute)
Paper
Risk Informing the Nuclear Enterprise: New Frontiers
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Sunil D. Weerakkody (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Michael Franovich (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Regulatory Use and Priorities for PRA standards
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Matthew Humberstone (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Jeffery Wood (US NRC), Hanh Phan (US NRC)
Application of the "Failure Memory" Approach to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Event and Condition Analysis - Lessons Learned and Challenges
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Kevin Coyne (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Christopher Hunter (U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Presented by Matthew J. Humberstone (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Understanding Uncertainties in the Regulation of Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors: Legal and Technological Revolutions
11:20–11:40AM CDT
George Joslin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Arden Rowell (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ha Bui (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Seyed Reihani (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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