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U.K. vision for fusion
The U.K. government has announced a series of initiatives to progress fusion to commercialization, laid out in a fusion strategy policy paper published March 16. A New Energy Revolution: The UK’s Plan for Delivering Fusion Energy begins to describe how the government’s £2.5 billion (about $3.4 billion) investment in fusion research and development over five years will be allocated.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Dave Grabaskas (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Michelle Bensi (University of Maryland)
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
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Preliminary Nuclear Containment Vessel Modeling for Multi-Hazard Probabilistic Risk Assessment Under Seismic Hazards and Concrete Degradation
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Somayajulu L. N. Dhulipala (INL), Albert Dahal (INL), Benjamin W. Spencer (INL), Amit Jain (INL), Akram S. Batikh (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Development of PRA-Based Methodology to Determine Minimum Seismic Performance Improvement Targets for Major NPP Equipment
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Seunghyun Jang (KAERI), Junhee Park (KAERI), Min Kyu Kim (KAERI)
A PSA for Low River Water Level at NPP Paks
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Tamas Siklossy (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Attila Bareith (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Bence Burjan (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute), Nora Eigemann (NUBIKI Nuclear Safety Research Institute)
Seismic PSA Modeling of Test-Qualified Equipment
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Manuel Pellissetti (Framatome), Heiko Kollasko (Framatome)
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