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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Technical Session
Monday, November 8, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang University)
Alternate Chair:
Xiaoyu Zheng (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Session Producer:
Sam Brewer
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Checking the Reasonableness of a Bayesian Update
10:10–10:40AM EST
Matthew M. Degonish (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Carroll A. Trull (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kenneth L. Kiper (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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Research Roadmap to Enhance Industry Legacy Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methods and Tools
10:40–11:10AM EST
Andrew Miller (Jensen Hughes), Stephen M. Hess (Jensen Hughes), Curtis L. Smith (INL)
Categorization of Reactor Sequences for Their Integration Into the SFP PSA Model
11:10–11:40AM EST
Cristina Israelsson Hilario (Tractebel ENGIE), Shizhen Yu (Tractebel ENGIE)
Use of Severe Accident Codes to Refine Large Early Release Frequency to Support Realism in LERF Estimates
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Ricky Summitt (Engineering Planning and Management)
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