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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Houston/Kansas City
Session Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa
Alternate Chair:
Ha H. Bui
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Factored Cutsets for Improved Risk Quantification Accuracy Relative to Minimal Cutset Upper Bound
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Erick J. Ball (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
Probability Estimation Using Monte Carlo Simulation of Boolean Logic on Hardware-Accelerated Platforms
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Hasibul Hossain Rasheeq (Nuclear Installations Safety Division), Egemen M. Aras (NCSU), Kirill Shumilov (NCSU), Jordan T. Boyce (INL), Stephen T. Wood (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
An Efficient Method for Risk Updating to Support Nuclear Plant Operation
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Mohamed Y. Nassar (University of Maryland), Joseph F. O'Leary (University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering), Yunfei Zhao (University of Maryland)
Modern PRA Development and Quality Assurance
2:00–2:20PM CDT
David Grabaskas (ANL), Tyler Starkus (ANL)
Git Application for Configuration Control Programs of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Mostafa Hamza (X-energy), Drew Nigh (X-energy), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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