NE Postdoctoral Projects

Category: Risk and Safety Assessments

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PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT

Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) activities include development of probabilistic methods for applications to safety analysis of nuclear facilities including consequence analysis; basic plant component failure data analysis; systems reliability modeling with common cause failure; sensitivity theory methods and applications in PRA; use of PRA techniques in support of plants modifications and maintenance, including analysis of human factors in procedures; and applications of PRA methods and models to new facility designs with stress of spent fuel treatment and disposal facilities are carried out.
Contact: Joe Braun
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PROLIFERATION ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE NUCLEAR ARCHITECTURES

A major issue facing the development and expansion of nuclear power worldwide is the possibility for diversion of the technologies and materials to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). A challenge facing the United States is assessing and understanding the proliferation risks of future nuclear architectures (power plant and fuel cycle designs). The objective of our work is to apply ANL capabilities and technical expertise to activities aimed at limiting the capacity of would-be proliferators to pursue programs to develop WMD. Among our projects are: developing systems to improve security of nuclear materials in the successor states of the former Soviet Union; providing technical advisory services to DOE in the implementation of U.S. nonproliferation policy; developing classified and unclassified information systems for national security and developing novel approaches to assess system vulnerabilities and improve both domestic and international nuclear safeguards.
Contact: Pete Heine
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