Preliminary Program: Tuesday (9/15)
Last updated: 8/21/98 3:16:57 PM
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Invited Lecture |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday September 15, 8:00-9:00 AM (Ballroom D&E) |
TITLE: |
Space Mission Risk |
Speaker |
William F. Readdy , NASA Astronaut, Deputy Associate Administrator (Space Shuttle), Office of Space Flight |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.1 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Alvin) |
TITLE: |
Risk Management in Space and Transportation |
CHAIR: |
C. Preyssl, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Ferrante |
Risk Management: A Space Industry Approach |
Preyssl |
Integrated Risk Management at the European Space Agency |
Maier |
Decision Making Despite Uncertainties and Diverging Opinions |
Katsumata |
A Simplified Decision Analysis to Prioritize Transit System Improvement Alternatives |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.2 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Broadway) |
TITLE: |
PSA Standards and Certification |
CHAIR: |
M. Drouin, US NRC, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Drouin |
Perspectives on PRA Standards |
Sloane |
Implementing a PWR Peer Review Certification Process for Ensuring PSA Quality |
Kaufer |
Review Procedures and Criteria for Different Regulatory Applications of PSA |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.3 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Carnegie) |
TITLE: |
Fire Risk Analysis - Methodology and Applications 1 |
CHAIR: |
V. Ho, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Morales |
Use of Deterministic and Probabilistic Techniques for Decision Making Process (Technical Specifications Improvements, Fire Protection, MOV's Test Intervals Optimization) |
Bertrand |
Results and Insights of the Fire PSA on the French 900 MWe Nuclear Power Plants |
Discussion |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.4 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Juilliard) |
TITLE: |
Disaster Consequences |
CHAIR: |
T. Pratt, BNL, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Gheorghe |
Source Term Estimation Based on Plant Status |
Christman |
Special Consequence Analysis Conditions for a Chemical Weapons Disposal Facility |
Pyatt |
Results of an Independent Risk Assessment For the Cassini Mission |
Brown |
Health Risk from Earthquake Caused Releases of UF6 at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.5 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Uris) |
TITLE: |
Human Factors and Human Reliability 1 |
CHAIR: |
K. Furuta, U. of Tokyo, Japan |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Halbert |
Linking Human Performance with System Reliability: Beyond First Generation HRA Techniques |
Vivalda |
A Support System to Develop Procedures for Shipboard Operations and Emergency Situations |
Cacciabue |
Human Factors Methods for Safety Assessment in Highly Automated Environments: Task Analysis, Modeling & Data |
Houghton |
The Use of Hazards Analysis in the Development of Training |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.6 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Shubert) |
TITLE: |
Environmental and Ecological Risk |
CHAIR: |
W. Kastenberg, U. of California, Berkeley, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Okrent |
The Use of Population Dynamics to Estimate the Effects of Toxic Releases in Ecological Risk Assessment |
Bley |
Human-Centered Risk Assessment: An Environmental Strategy for FSU, Eastern Europe, and Middle Asian Countries |
Chu |
Setting an Environmental Agenda: Scientific Foundation for Comparative Risk Analysis |
Dorsey |
About Risk, Synergy and Complexity |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.7 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Regency) |
TITLE: |
PANEL - Safety of Eastern European Reactors: Role of PSA in the Safety Upgrading Process |
CHAIR: |
M. Khatib-Rahbar, Energy Research, USA |
Panelists: | |
B. Nigmatulin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Atomic Energy, Russia. | |
M. Lipár, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Slovak Republic. | |
S. Nellen, Minister Counselor, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland. | |
A. Thadani, Head, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | |
C. Kessler, U.S. State Department. |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.1.8 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 9:00AM - 10:30AM (Majestic) |
TITLE: |
Software for Risk-Informed Decision Making |
CHAIR: |
R. Mulvihill, ASCA, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Wilson |
REVELATION: A PSA Results Interpretation Tool |
Rutledge |
Quantitative Risk Assessment System (QRAS) |
Ferrata |
An Automated Method for Identifying Hazards |
Grimes |
Development of a Graphical PC-Based Full-Scope Risk Management Workstation |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.1 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Alvin) |
TITLE: |
Space Missions Risk Assessment |
CHAIR: |
R. Navarro, NASA Ames Research Center, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Bingzhang |
A Probabilistic Approach to Safety of the Manned Rocket-Ship System |
Smart |
Space Shuttle Main Engine Quantitative Risk Assessment: Illustrating Modeling of a Complex System with a New QRA Software Package |
Roos |
EuroMoon 2000, Technical Risk Assessment |
Baker |
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Survivability for Earth Reentries |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.2 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Broadway) |
TITLE: |
PSA Quality and Completeness |
CHAIR: |
J. Murphy, US NRC, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Spitzer |
PSA Reviews: Experiences and Insights from Methodological Points of View |
Christou |
How Lessons Learned from Benchmark Exercises Can Improve the Quality of Risk Studies |
Marshall |
A Document Structure that Facilitates Risk Analysis |
Picard |
Comparing PRAs with Operating Experience |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.3 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Carnegie) |
TITLE: |
Fire Risk Analysis - Methodology and Applications 2 |
CHAIR: |
L. Morales, Central Nuclear Almaraz, NPP, Spain |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Siu |
Warts and Bumps in Fire PRA: A Caution |
Mattéi |
Hybrid Monte-Carlo Simulation Using Petri Nets and Fire Code for Analysing Fire Scenarios in Nuclear Power Plants |
Argirov |
Fire Vulnerability of the Large Oil Transformers with Respect to NPP Safe Operation and Shutdown Considerations |
Virolainen |
OECD/NEA Project on Fire Risk Analysis - CSNI/PWG5 Task 97-3 "Fire Risk Analysis, Fire Simulation, Fire Spreading, and Impact of Smoke and Heat on Instrumentation Electronics" |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.4 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Juilliard) |
TITLE: |
Performance Assessment and Safety Assessment for Radioactive Waste |
CHAIR: |
N. Eisenberg, US NRC, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Gallego |
The Use of MayDay in the ENRESA Performance Assessment Activities. Acquired Experience and Improvements |
Anderson |
The 1996 Performance Assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
Ferjenèík |
Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility: Comparison of Risk of Design Alternatives |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.5 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Uris) |
TITLE: |
Human Factors and Human Reliability 2 |
CHAIR: |
J. Forester, SNL, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Gertman |
Human Reliability Analysis Techniques Application to Occupational Risk: Perspective for Risk Management Program |
Furuta |
Design Process Representation Language as a Basis for Supporting Knowledge Transfer |
Mulvihill |
The Use of the Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology For Screening Human Performance and Team Related Accident Initiating Events |
Bley |
Things Not Modeled in Nuclear Plant PSA |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.6 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Shubert) |
TITLE: |
Risk Consequences due to Release of Materials |
CHAIR: |
K. O'Kula, Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions, I, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Nelson |
Assessing Consequences of Plutonium Releases from Potential Spacecraft Accidents |
McCulloch |
A Nuclear Source Term Analysis for Spacecraft Power Systems |
O'Kula |
Evaluating Postulated Tritium Releases on a Large DOE Site Using the UFOTRI Probabilistic Consequence Model (U) |
Ha |
An Approach to the Consequence Analysis of Reentry Accidents and its Application to the Cassini Mission |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.7 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Regency) |
TITLE: |
Trends and Insights from Accident Sequence Precursors |
CHAIR: |
E.R. Schmidt, Scientech, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Muhlheim |
A Qualitative Review of the Accident Sequence Precursor Program |
Watanabe |
Trends in Initiating Events and Unavailable Systems for Precursor Events |
Riekert |
Results and Insights from Precursor Analyses in Germany |
Hulsmans |
Using State-of-the-Art PSA to Support Operational Event Analysis in NPPs: Methodology, Experience and Insights |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.2.8 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 10:45AM - 12:15PM (Majestic) |
TITLE: |
Risk Perception and Communication |
CHAIR: |
D. Okrent, UCLA, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Van Malder |
Risk Assessment and Risk Communication: An Attempt to Reconcile Mathematics and Common Sense |
Andersson |
Requirements for Transparent Risk Assessment - The RISCOM Pilot Study |
Kadak |
The Societal Fairness of Intergenerational Equity |
Barnett |
Risk Perceptions and Their Influence on Safety-Related Investments in a Large Railroad |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.1 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Alvin) |
TITLE: |
Software for Nuclear Plant PSA |
CHAIR: |
P. Rutledge, NASA, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Rauzy |
Comparison Between Two Tools (ARALIA and ESCAF) Applied to the Study of the Emergency Shutdown System of a Nuclear Reactor Introduction to P-Cuts |
Evrard |
KANT: A Probabilistic Software for Level 2 PSAs |
Richards, Jr. |
Integration and Use of the Risk Assessment Calculator (RAsCal) at South Texas Project |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.2 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Broadway) |
TITLE: |
Failure Rate Analysis and Prediction |
CHAIR: |
H.F. Martz, LANL, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Moore |
Failure Rate Analysis Using GLIMMIX |
Cooper |
Improving Analytical Understanding Through the Addition of Information: Bayesian and Hybrid Mathematics Approaches |
Massé |
Failure Rate Prediction Using Field Experience and Design Practices |
Krivtsov |
A Monte Carlo Approach to Repairable System Reliability Analysis |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.3 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Carnegie) |
TITLE: |
Uncertainty Analysis - Techniques and Applications 2 |
CHAIR: |
E. Hofer, GRS, Germany |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Lowenthal |
Of Unknowns and Uncertainty |
Kraan |
Uncertainty Analysis on Early Health Effects Modeling in Accident Consequence Codes |
Luck |
Estimation of Upper Bound Probabilities for Rare Events Resulting from Nearby Explosions |
Han |
Importance Analysis of Radiological Consequence Assessment Model Considering the Environmental Condition of Korea |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.4 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Juilliard) |
TITLE: |
Software Safety and Reliability 1 |
CHAIR: |
M. Stutzke, SAIC, Czech Republic |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Lupton |
An Integrated Model for the Assessment of Safety Software Development |
Kececi |
Software Development Life Cycle Model To Ensure Software Quality |
Stutzke |
A Stochastic Model of Human Error During Software Development |
Yau |
Safety Analysis and Testing of Critical Space Systems Software |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.5 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Uris) |
TITLE: |
Human Factors and Human Reliability 3 |
CHAIR: |
D. Schurman, INEEL, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Kim |
Use of Fuzzy for Assessing Human Factors during Low Power and Shutdown Operations |
Sepanloo |
Analysis of the Impact of Integration of Error Tolerance into the Design of Interface Systems on Human Reliability |
Petkov |
Application of PN-Based Method for Identification and Classification of Human Actions in NPP TLRS |
Simon |
Using Quantitative Workplace Analysis to Evaluate Railway Control Centers |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.6 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Shubert) |
TITLE: |
Systems Modeling 4 |
CHAIR: |
T. Matsuoka, Ministry of Transport, Japan |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Rouvroye |
Optimizing and Modeling Off Line Proof Tests for Safety Systems Using the Enhanced Markov Analysis Technique |
Kohda |
Automatic Derivation of Failure Effect Propogation Pattern Using System Bond Graph |
Hong |
Joint Reliability Importance of Two Gate Events in a Fault Tree |
Wilcox |
Risk-Informed Regulation of Marine Systems Using FMEA |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.7 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Regency) |
TITLE: |
Accident Sequence Precursor Methods and Applications |
CHAIR: |
N. Watanabe, Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Japan |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Sattison |
Automated Power Recovery Analysis for Nuclear Power Plant Accident Sequence Precursor Evaluations |
Rasmuson |
Treatment of Common-Cause Failures in Event Assessment |
Schmidt |
The Feasibility of Applying Accident Sequence Precursor Analysis to Gaseous Diffusion Plants |
O'Reilly |
Current Status of the SAPHIRE Models for ASP Evaluations |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.3.8 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 1:30PM - 3:00PM (Majestic) |
TITLE: |
Advances in PSA Algorithms |
CHAIR: |
J. Fragola, SAIC, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Ferson |
Probability Bound Analysis |
Collet |
An Efficient Tool for Taking Repairs into Account in Boolean Models |
Wei |
A Comparison between Probabilistic Models for Quantification of Priority-AND Gates |
Jung |
FORTE: A Fast New Algorithm for Risk Monitors and PSA |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.4.1 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 3:30PM - 5:00PM (Alvin) |
TITLE: |
Statistical Methods |
CHAIR: |
J. A. Cooper, SNL, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Campean |
Survival Probability Predictions from Incomplete Field Data |
Ferson |
Detecting Rare Event Clustering in Very Sparse Data Sets |
Lambert |
Extreme-Value Distributions in Probabilistic Risk Assessment |
Kelly |
Bayesian Hypothesis Testing and the Maintenance Rule |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.4.2 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 3:30PM - 5:00PM (Broadway) |
TITLE: |
Integrated Risk and Reliability Assessment for NPP |
CHAIR: |
B. Putney, SAIC, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Coppé |
Availability and Maintenance Specifications for the Important Components of NPP |
Fleming |
Scenario Based Approach for Plant Reliability, Availability and Capacity Factor Assessment |
Pruitt |
Extension of the South Texas Project PRA to Secondary Plant Equipment |
Kang |
Maintenance Management Using Dynamic Risk Importance for Nuclear Power Plants |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.4.3 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 3:30PM - 5:00PM (Carnegie) |
TITLE: |
Insights from Nuclear Plant PSAs 2 |
CHAIR: |
P. de Gelder, AIB-Vincotte Nuclear, Belgium |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Samanta |
LOCA with Consequential or Delayed LOOP Accidents: Unique Issues, Plant Vulnerability, and CDF Contributions |
Armand |
PSA 2 on French 900 MWe PWR System Behaviour |
Baron |
Risk Reduction by the Use of Small Power Innovative Nuclear Power Plants |
Matsuoka |
Evaluation of the Core Damage Frequency of the Marine Reactor X |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.4.4 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 3:30PM - 5:00PM (Juilliard) |
TITLE: |
Software Safety and Reliability 2 |
CHAIR: |
C. Smidts, U. of Maryland, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Golay |
Baysian Estimation of the Number of Errors in a Computer Program and Its Relation to Software Reliability |
Milici |
Software Safety Analysis of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) Control Software |
Droguett |
Identification and Quantification of Software Dependencies in Reliability Models |
Jalashgar |
Representing the Behaviors of Real-Time Systems: A Goal-Oriented Approach |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.4.5 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 3:30PM - 5:00PM (Uris) |
TITLE: |
CHATROOM - Dialoging on the Application of Human Reliability to Space, Maritime, Aviation, and Occupational Safety |
CHAIR: |
H.S. Blackman, INEEL, USA |
Discussion Coordinators: | |
Joseph R. Fragola (SAIC) | |
Bruce P. Hallbert (INEEL) | |
Donald L. Schurman (INEEL) | |
David I. Gertman (INEEL) | |
Lee T. Ostrom (INEEL) |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.4.7 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 3:30PM - 5:00PM (Regency) |
TITLE: |
Analysis of Reactor Operating Experience |
CHAIR: |
P. Baranowsky, US NRC, USA |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Baranowsky |
Indications of US Nuclear Industry Trends from the Risk-Based Analysis of Reactor Operating Experience |
Rasmuson |
An Overview of the USNRC's System Reliability Studies |
O'Reilly |
Accident Sequence Precursor Program Results and Insights |
Mays |
Summary of Initiating Event Updates |
SESSION NUMBER: |
2.4.8 |
TIME / ROOM: |
Tuesday (9/15) 3:30PM - 5:00PM (Majestic) |
TITLE: |
Risk Modeling |
CHAIR: |
M. van der Borst, Borssele NPP, The Netherlands |
PRESENTER |
Title/Authors |
Matsuoka |
Development of Simulation and Visualization System for Understanding the Physical Phenomena of Accident Sequences in PSA |
Varde |
LOOPEX - A PSA Based Expert System for Loss of Off-Site Power Management in a Research Reactor |
Coulomb |
Modelling and Insertion of I & C in EPR-PSA |
Maharik |
Danger Zone Probabilistic Analysis for High Performance Weapon Testing |
Preliminary program last updated: 8/21/98 3:16:57 PM