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[Seminar] PRA and Risk-Informed Decision Making at the NRC: Some Trends and Challenges
October 22, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Dr. Nathan Siu
Senior Technical Adviser
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is in the midst of a transformation aimed at ensuring that the agency can continue to fulfill its regulatory mission efficiently and effectively in the face of external and internal trends. A major aspect of this transformation involves the increased and improved use of risk information in the NRC’s regulatory processes. This talk provides an overview of NRC’s use of risk information, touches on a number of trends pushing the NRC in its current direction, and supports extended discussion of a number of challenges in addressing these trends.
Biography
Nathan Siu is a Senior Technical Adviser for Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) in the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. His current duties include providing PRA-related advice and support on a broad range of topics, including research and development regarding PRA methods, models, tools, and data. Prior to joining NRC in 1997, he was on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory staff, the Nuclear Engineering Department faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the staff of Pickard, Lowe, and Garrick, Inc. He received his B.S. (Energy Conversion and Utilization), M.S. (Nuclear Science and Engineering), and Ph.D. (Nuclear Science and Engineering) from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Thursday, October 22. 2020
4:00 pm seminar
https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/98384390863
