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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Jefferson Lab awarded $8M for accelerator technology to enable transmutation
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is leading research supported by two Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) grants aimed at developing accelerator technology to enable nuclear waste recycling, decreasing the half-life of spent nuclear fuel.
Both grants, totaling $8.17 million in combined funding, were awarded through the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program, which aims to enable the transmutation of nuclear fuels by funding novel technologies for improving the performance of particle generation systems.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Houston/Kansas City
Session Chair:
Kevin R. O'Kula
Alternate Chair:
Tatsuya Sakurahara
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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A PSA-Based Analysis of the IEC 61508 SIL Allocation for Enhancing the Applicability of Commercial Digital Devices in NPP's I&C
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Younghak Lee (school of energy systems engineering, chung-ang university), Man C. Kim (school of energy systems engineering, chung-ang university)
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Determining Risk Significant Digital I&C Failure Modes in the Probabilistic Risk Assessment of a Nuclear Power Plant
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Priyanka M. Pandit (NCSU), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Rawan Mustafa (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
There is No Software Common Cause - There is Only Common Cause
10:40–11:00AM CDT
John E. Weglian (EPRI), Wes Brinsfield (Jensen Hughes Inc.)
An Approach to Automate tools for the Risk Assessment of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Tate Shorthill (INL), Congjian Wang (INL), Edward Chen (INL)
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