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May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Kenyan nuclear authority addresses power plant protests
Nuclear officials in Kenya want to engage with residents in Siaya County and keep them informed as the country moves toward building its first nuclear power plant.
The state-run Nuclear Power and Energy Agency said on May 23 it will conduct a “robust, transparent, and multilayered educational campaign to address all anxieties regarding safety, livelihoods, and land,” and that no infrastructure would be built without “broad, informed consent of the community.”
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Thursday, July 20, 2023|8:00–9:30AM EDT|301A
Session Chair:
Xiaoxu Diao
Alternate Chair:
Sushil K. Birla
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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State of the Art for Addressing Hazards from Common Causes in Engineering Digital Instrumentation & Control (I&C) Systems
8:00–8:25AM EDT
Sushil Birla (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Paper
An Evaluation Approach to Common Cause Failures for Instrumentation and Control Systems Design
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Xiaoxu Diao (Ohio State), Boyuan Li (Ohio State), Carol Smidts (Ohio State)
Failure Modes of Programmable Logic Circuits
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Raimund J. Heigl (TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service), Horst Miedl (TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service)
