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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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DTE Energy studying uprate at Fermi-2, considers Fermi-3’s prospects
DTE Energy, the owner of Fermi nuclear power plant in Michigan, is considering an extended uprate for Unit 2 that would increase its 1,100-MW generation capacity by 150 MW.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Alexander J. Huning (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
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Quantifying the Likelihood of Nuclear Supply Chain Shortage Risk
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Priyanka Pandit (NCSU), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Daniel Nevius (NCSU), Mihai Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Availability Evaluation of HP-STMCs Space Nuclear Reactor Power System
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Xinyan Xu (Univ. Science and Technology of China), Changhong Peng (Univ. Science and Technology of China)
Probabilistic Safety Assessment Methodology for the Transportation of Radioactive Material
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Manorma Kumar (Polytechnic Univ. Catalonia), Guillem Cortes-Rossell (Polytechnic Univ. Catalonia)
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Risk-Informed Opportunities and Challenges for Microreactors
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Alexander J. Huning (ORNL), David E. Shropshire (INL), Efe Kurt (INL)
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