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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Applications open for the fall cohort of Mentor Match
Applications are officially open for the second cohort of the American Nuclear Society’s newly redesigned mentoring program. Mentor Match is a unique opportunity available only to ANS members that offers year-round mentorship and networking opportunities to Society members at any point in their education.
The deadline to apply for membership in the fall cohort, which will take place October 1–November 30, is September 17. The application form can be found here.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Mehdi Reisi Fard (NRC)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Yunfei Zhao (University of Maryland)
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A Risk-Informed Assessment of Operational Options for Successfully Avoiding a Trip Setpoint
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Michael D. Muhlheim (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL), Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL), Alex Huning (ORNL), Abhinav Saxena (GE Research)
Paper
Estimation of Nuclear Power Plant Train Unavailability Using Nonparametric Bootstrap
1:25–1:50PM EDT
John Merickel (INL), Zhegang Ma (INL)
Molten Salt Reactors Reliability Database: MOSARD
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL), Andrew Worrall (ORNL), George F. Flanagan (ORNL)
Characterization of Dynamic Behaviors in Licensee Event Report Data to Support PRA
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Asmaa S. Farag (NCSU), Hideki Sekiguchi (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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