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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The legacy of Windscale Pile No. 1
The core of Pile No. 1 at Windscale caught fire in the fall of 1957. The incident, rated a level 5, “Accident with Wider Consequences,” by the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), has since inspired nuclear safety culture, risk assessment, accident modeling, and emergency preparedness. Windscale also helped show how important communication and transparency are to gaining trust and public support.
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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