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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Aalo Atomics discusses the road ahead
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|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Purdue/Wisconsin
Session Chair:
David Grabaskas
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jonathen Facemire
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Defining Risk Metrics for Non-Light-Water Reactors
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Gerardo Martinez-Guridi (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - 11545 Rockville Pike), Matthew J. Humberstone (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Jeffery Wood (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Martin Stutzke (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Hanh K. Phan (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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Risk Measures for Advanced Reactors: eVinci PRA Implementation
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Oleg Boychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Patrick Kapral (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kyle Hope (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Risk Metric Guidance for Advanced Reactors
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Eric A. Thornsbury (EPRI), Stephen M. Hess (Jensen Hughes Inc.), Chloe Howard (Jensen Hughes)
An NRC Perspective on Nuclear Power Plant System Risk Margin
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Cory Parker (US NRC), Matthew J. Humberstone (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Stephen Cumblidge (US NRC), Dan Widrevitz (US NRC)
Development of Risk Informed Systems Engineering (RISE) Platform for Uncovering Safety Margin in LWRs through Realistic Characterization of Dose Consequences
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Michael G. Mankosa (FPoliSolutions LLC), Cesare Frepoli (FPoliSolutions LLC), Matt Norris (FPoliSolutions)
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