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ANS webinar explores systematic risk evaluations
The American Nuclear Society’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policy Committee (RP3C) recently held another presentation in its monthly Community of Practice (CoP) series. Former RP3C chair N. Prasad Kadambi opened the meeting with brief introductory remarks about the RP3C and the value of risk-informed, performance-based (RIPB) techniques in contrast to the shortcomings of conventional, deterministic approaches for the development of nuclear technology.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|PSA Analyses: Methods and Applications
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|300B
Session Chair:
Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse)
Alternate Chair:
Michael D. Muhlheim
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Developing Multi-Unit Common Cause Failure Parameters for a Subset of Equipment
8:00–8:25AM EDT
M. Degonish (Ameren Missouri), Josh Beckton (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC)
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Treatment of Adjacent Unit Release Effects in Multi-Unit PRA
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Futoshi Tanaka (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Yasushi Yamamoto (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Ryohei Shioya (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Bounding Risk Analysis of Seismically Induced Turbine Missiles Using the Probabilistic Safety Assessment Approach for a Multi-Unit Second Generation PWR Nuclear Power Plant
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Andrea Serrano-Costafreda (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture), Albert Janes-Ribas (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture), Pedro Díaz-Bayona (IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture)
