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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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ITA to work with IAEA on advance geologic repository knowledge
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA), a nongovernmental organization made up of 81 member states working to advance the safe, beneficial use of subsurface spaces, is working with the International Atomic Energy Agency to support the advancement of geologic disposal facilities for high-level radioactive waste.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|300A
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang (RPI)
Alternate Chair:
Valentin Rychkov
Session Organizer:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Importance Measure for Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Cost Savings for Safety Systems and Components
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Asad Ullah Amin Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Junyung Kim (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Tunc Aldemir (Ohio State), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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Statecharts as a Dynamic Method for Risk Assessment.
10:25–10:50AM EDT
V. Rychkov (EDF), C. Picoco (EDF), C. Massoulier (EDVANCE), R. Roy (EDVANCE)
High-Performance Computing Implementation for ADS-IDAC
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Alp Tezbasaran (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Dynamic Fuzzy Reliability and Safety Assessment of Passive Safety Systems in Small Modular Reactors
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Parham Khosravi Babadi (Univ. Ontario Institute of Technology), Lixuan Lu (Univ. Ontario Institute of Technology)
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