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Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
Meeting Spotlight
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
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Andrea Maioli
Alternate Chair:
Heather L. Detar
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Xe-100 PRA Event Sequence Modeling Framework
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Huafei Liao (X-energy), Karl Fleming (Technology Insights), Mostafa Hamza (NCSU), Luke McSweeney (X-energy), Mark Cursey (X-energy), Eric Deeken (X-energy), Olivier Retourne (X-energy), Glen Lawson (X-energy), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Paper
Early Prediction and Classification of Heat Transfer Degradation in Coolant Channels Using Kramers-Moyal Coefficients
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Molly Ross (Purdue), Xu Chu (Univ. Stuttgart), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Goals for the eVinciTM Microreactor
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Heather Detar (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jim Scobel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Josh Beckton (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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