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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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U.K.’s NWS gets input from young people on geological disposal
Nuclear Waste Services, the radioactive waste management subsidiary of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has reported on its inaugural year of the National Youth Forum on Geological Disposal forum. NWS set up the initiative, in partnership with the environmental consultancy firm ARUP and the not-for-profit organization The Young Foundation, to give young people the chance to share their views on the government’s plans to develop a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the safe, secure, and long-term disposal of radioactive waste.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Northwestern/Ohio State
Session Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Alternate Chair:
Egemen Aras
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Study on Risk Classification Method for Unplanned Reactor Trip Based on Trip Fault Tree
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Xiwen Xie (Univ. Science and Technology of China), Lanxin Gong (University of Science and Technology of China), Changhong Peng (Univ. Science and Technology of China)
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Simulation-Informed Dependency Treatment to Enhance Operational Flexibility, Avoid Production Loss, and Maintain Safety of Operating Plants and Advanced Reactors
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Mohammad A. Albati (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Md Istiaque Ahmed (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Ha Bui (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Seyed Reihani (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), Rachelle Elizabeth Johnson (Constellation), Suzanne Loyd (Constellation), Harry Liao (x-energy), Jack Anderson (x-energy), Zahra Mohaghegh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
A Risk-Informed Decision Making and Optimized Maintenance Framework for Integrated Energy Systems
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Vera Moiseytseva (ANL), Tat Nghia Nguyen (ANL), Akshay Dave (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL)
Risk-Informed Graded Approach for Reliability and Performance Assessment for Advanced Condition Monitoring Techniques
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Chaitee M. Godbole (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Edward Chen (INL), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
The Intertwining of Data, Decisions, and Reliability
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Diego Mandelli (INL), Svetlana Lawrence (INL), Todd Anselmi (INL)
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