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The top 10 states of nuclear
The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
1958: Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London.
1964: Received doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. Joined General Electric Company.
1967: Assigned by GE to study use of probability in nuclear power plant safety.
1969: Author of 2 Proprietary GE reports and paper in ANS Transactions on safety goals and probabilistic analysis of NPPs.
1974: NRC’s Office of Research. Lead revision of RSS consequence model, Appendix VI of WASH -1400.
1979-1990: EPRI. Organized Risk Assessment Program, which managed research supporting L1 and L2 PRAs, including seismic.
1999-2023: Member of ASME/ANS Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management.
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