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May 31–June 3, 2026
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Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead
Arafat
Yasir Arafat, president and chief technology officer of Aalo Atomics, participated in the first day of sessions at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s annual Regulatory Information Conference (RIC). There, he recapped some of the company’s recent milestones and revealed new details on what lies ahead for Aalo.
His attendance at the event coincided with a number of announcements in the past two weeks. Those announcements covered new contracts with Global Nuclear Fuel and Baker Hughes, the release of a new strategic roadmap, the completion of fuel enrichment by Urenco USA, and a new approval from the Department of Energy.
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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