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August 24–27, 2026
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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
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)
