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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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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
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Northwestern/Ohio State
Session Chair:
Paul J. Amico
Alternate Chair:
Michelle Bensi
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
This session will finish with a presentation from the University of Maryland detailing findings of a recent industry survey regarding the challenges related to PRA for advanced reactors under a changing climate.
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Lessons Learned and Perspectives Regarding the Probabilistic Treatment of External Hazards Combinations
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Cecile Luzoir (EDF R&D), Thomas Bocquet (EDF), Laetitia Oudin (EDF), Audrey Guihex (EDF), Manon Jouve (EDF)
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Potential AI Applications for Multi-Hazard PRA Model Configuration Control
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Richard C. Anoba (EPM, Inc.)
Evaluation of Recent Advances in Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Akram S. Batikh (NCSU), Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
An Event Tree/Fault Tree Based Methodology for Integrated Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Akram S. Batikh (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
External Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Advanced Nuclear Power Technologies under Evolving Climate Conditions
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Kaveh Faraji Najarkolaie (Univ. Maryland), Yunfei Zhao (Univ. Maryland), Jennifer L. Irish (Virginia Tech), Mohammad Modarres (Univ. Maryland), Michelle Bensi (Univ. Maryland)
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