Probabilistic Validation: Computational Platform and Application to Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants

H Bui, T Sakurahara, S Reihani… - … -ASME Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Recently, there has been an increasing use of advanced modeling and simulation in the
nuclear domain across academia, industry, and regulatory agencies to improve the realism …

Probabilistic Validation: Theoretical Foundation and Methodological Platform

H Bui, T Sakurahara, S Reihani… - … -ASME Journal of …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Addressing safety concerns in commercial nuclear power plants (NPPs) often requires the
use of advanced modeling and simulation (M&S) in association with the probabilistic risk …

Incorporation of technical, human and organizational risks in a dynamic probabilistic fire risk model for high‐rise residential buildings

S Tan, D Weinert, P Joseph… - Fire and materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) is an explicit methodology for complying with the
performance requirements of the Building Code of Australia (BCA) or similar codes, it …

A discourse on the incorporation of organizational factors into probabilistic risk assessment: key questions and categorical review

J Pence, Z Mohaghegh - Risk Analysis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a discourse on the incorporation of organizational factors into
probabilistic risk assessment (PRA)/probabilistic safety assessment (PSA), a topic of debate …

Uncertainty-Based Validation Methodology and Experimental Analysis for External Control Room Human Performance Simulation: Application to Fire Probabilistic …

M Albati, T Sakurahara, S Reihani, E Kee… - Nuclear Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) of nuclear power plants (NPPs), human reliability
analysis (HRA) is conducted to identify potential human failure events that could contribute …

Risk Importance Ranking of Fire Data Parameters to Enhance Fire PRA Model Realism

JM Biersdorf, H Bui, T Sakurahara, S Reihani… - 2020 - osti.gov
Fire is historically and analytically a significant contributor to nuclear power plant risk. The
level of fire risk and the methods, tools and data for modeling this risk is highly debated by …

A low-fidelity stochastic model of viral spread in aircraft to assess risk mitigation strategies

L McCue - ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The purpose of this work is to develop a computationally efficient model of viral spread that
can be utilized to better understand the influences of stochastic factors on a large-scale …

Evaluation of Automation Trustworthiness in Nuclear Power Plants: A Risk-Informed Approach using Probabilistic Validation and Integrated Probabilistic Risk …

MH Khalid, MI Ahmed, S Roy, H Bui, S Reihani… - 2023 - ideals.illinois.edu
In the pursuit of enhanced efficiency and operational safety, the US nuclear industry is
progressively integrating automation technologies into Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). To …

Integrated Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) Modeling in Support of Operational Efficiency

K Kaspar, B Ratté, MA Billings, Z Mohaghegh… - 2022 - osti.gov
To improve the realism of Fire PRA associated with fire progression and damage modeling
or manual suppression, previous research by the Socio-Technical Risk Analysis (SoTeRiA) …