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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Education and training to support Canadian nuclear workforce development
Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Monday, July 17, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
Alternate Chair:
John E. Weglian
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Analyzing Hardware and Software Common Cause Failures in Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems Using Dual Error Propagation Method
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Priyanka Pandit (NCSU), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Han Bao (INL), Mihai Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Hazards and Consequences Analysis for Digital Systems (HAZCADS)
1:25–1:50PM EDT
John E. Weglian (EPRI), Matt Gibson (EPRI)
Sensitivity and Importance Analyses for Various Design Architectures for High Safety-Significant Safety-Related Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems of Nuclear Power Plants
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Sai Zhang (INL), Han Bao (INL), Tate Shorthill (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jooyoung Park (INL), Edward Chen (NCSU)
Preliminary Benchmarking of SAPHSOLVE, XFTA, and SCRAM Using Synthetically Generated Fault Trees with Common Cause Failures
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Asmaa S. Farag (NCSU), Egemen M. Aras (NCSU), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), S. Ted Wood (INL), Jordan Boyce (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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