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The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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)
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