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Risk-Informing Nuclear Reactor Safety: The Prediction of the Probability of Core Damage Due to Loss of Power and Cooling

Romney B. Duffey, Enrico Zio
Journal: ASCE-ASME J Risk and Uncert in Engrg Sys Part B Mech Engrg
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
ASME J. Risk Uncertainty Part B. September 2024, 10(3): 031203.
Paper No: RISK-23-1051
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064745
Published Online: March 7, 2024
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Topics: Cooling, Damage, Probability, Risk, Risk-based decision making, Uncertainty, Failure, Safety
Journal Articles

In Memoriam: Professor Pavel Leonidovich Kirillov (Aug. 20, 1927–Oct. 10, 2021)

Igor Pioro, Romney B. Duffey, Viktor Murogov, Georgy Tikhomirov, Anton Smirnov, Eugen N. Pismennyi, Victor G. Razumovskiy, Natalia Kozioura
Journal: Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: In Memoriam
ASME J of Nuclear Rad Sci. April 2022, 8(2): 020101.
Paper No: NERS-21-1185
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053476
Published Online: February 28, 2022
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Topics: Engineering teachers
Journal Articles

The Risk of Extended Power Loss and the Probability of Emergency Restoration for Severe Events and Nuclear Accidents

Romney B. Duffey
Journal: Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Publisher: ASME
Article Type: Research-Article
ASME J of Nuclear Rad Sci. July 2019, 5(3): 031601.
Paper No: NERS-18-1122
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4042970
Published Online: May 3, 2019
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Topics: Damage, Fire, Probability, Storms, Emergencies, Emergency power, Risk, Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan, 2011
Proceedings Papers

Extreme Events: The New Social Design Basis

Romney B. Duffey
Proc. ASME. ICONE20-POWER2012, Volume 5: Fusion Engineering; Student Paper Competition; Design Basis and Beyond Design Basis Events; Simple and Combined Cycles, 635-638, July 30–August 3, 2012
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE20-POWER2012-54253
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE20-POWER2012-54253
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Topics: Design, Risk, Damage, Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan, 2011, Probability
Proceedings Papers

Predicting Real Accidents and Rare Events: The Human Contribution to Safety

Romney B. Duffey
Proc. ASME. ICONE18, 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering: Volume 3, 605-612, May 17–21, 2010
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE18-29879
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE18-29879
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Topics: Accidents, Safety, Risk, Probability, Design, Transients (Dynamics), Uncertainty, Corrosion, Damage, Performance
Proceedings Papers

Human Reliability, Experience and Error Probability: A New Benchmark

Romney B. Duffey, Tae Sung Ha
Proc. ASME. ICONE17, Volume 2: Structural Integrity; Safety and Security; Advanced Applications of Nuclear Technology; Balance of Plant for Nuclear Applications, 699-704, July 12–16, 2009
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE17-75861
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE17-75861
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Topics: Errors, Probability, Reliability, Human reliability analysis, Accidents, Transients (Dynamics), Performance, Risk, Uncertainty
Proceedings Papers

Evolving Innovative Reactor Design: Putting the I Into R&D

Romney B. Duffey, Hussam Khartabil
Proc. ASME. ICONE17, Volume 2: Structural Integrity; Safety and Security; Advanced Applications of Nuclear Technology; Balance of Plant for Nuclear Applications, 891-895, July 12–16, 2009
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE17-75811
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE17-75811
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Topics: Design, Supercritical water reactors, Cycles, China, Collaboration, Fuels, Heat, Hydrogen production, Innovation, Metals
Proceedings Papers

Why Massive Nuclear Deployment is Essential

Alistair I. Miller, Romney B. Duffey
Proc. ASME. ICONE17, Volume 2: Structural Integrity; Safety and Security; Advanced Applications of Nuclear Technology; Balance of Plant for Nuclear Applications, 931-935, July 12–16, 2009
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE17-75949
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE17-75949
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Topics: Carbon capture and storage, Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Cycles, Density, Disasters, Emissions, Energy generation, Geothermal engineering, Governments
Proceedings Papers

Information Entropy: Managing Unknown Risks, Disasters and Losses

Romney B. Duffey, John W. Saull
Proc. ASME. ICONE16, Volume 4: Structural Integrity; Next Generation Systems; Safety and Security; Low Level Waste Management and Decommissioning; Near Term Deployment: Plant Designs, Licensing, Construction, Workforce and Public Acceptance, 667-671, May 11–15, 2008
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE16-48496
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE16-48496
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Topics: Disasters, Entropy, Probability, Performance, Risk, Decision making, Errors, Risk management
Proceedings Papers

Future Fuel Cycles: A Global Perspective

Romney B. Duffey
Proc. ASME. ICONE16, Volume 2: Fuel Cycle and High Level Waste Management; Computational Fluid Dynamics, Neutronics Methods and Coupled Codes; Student Paper Competition, 99-104, May 11–15, 2008
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE16-48497
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE16-48497
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Topics: Cycles, Fuels, Nuclear fuel cycle, Nuclear power, Sustainability, Uranium, Design, Heavy water reactors, Nuclear reactors, Safety
Proceedings Papers

How Good Is Good: Improved Tracking and Managing of Safety Goals, Performance Indicators, Production Targets and Significant Events Using Learning Curves

Romney B. Duffey, John W. Saull
Proc. ASME. ICONE10, 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Volume 2, 271-280, April 14–18, 2002
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE10-22426
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE10-22426
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Topics: Safety, Aircraft, Engineering disciplines, Errors, Maintenance, Nuclear power stations, Statistics, Stress
Proceedings Papers

Thermo-Economic Assessment of Advanced, High-Temperature CANDU Reactors

Norman J. Spinks, Nikos Pontikakis, Romney B. Duffey
Proc. ASME. ICONE10, 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Volume 2, 825-835, April 14–18, 2002
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE10-22433
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE10-22433
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Topics: High temperature, Thermoeconomics, Cycles, Nuclear reactor coolants, Pressure, Temperature, Water, Boilers, Cladding systems (Building), Economic analysis
Proceedings Papers

Near-Term Nuclear as the Nemesis of the Age of Pollution: Re-Engineering the Planet

Alistair I. Miller, Romney B. Duffey
Proc. ASME. ICONE12, 12th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Volume 2, 441-447, April 25–29, 2004
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE12-49289
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE12-49289
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Topics: Pollution, Leadership, Nuclear fission, Economics , Hydrogen, Vehicles
Proceedings Papers

The Human Bathtub: Safety and Risk Predictions Including the Dynamic Probability of Operator Errors

Romney B. Duffey, John W. Saull
Proc. ASME. ICONE14, Volume 5: Safety and Security; Low Level Waste Management, Decontamination and Decommissioning; Nuclear Industry Forum, 243-248, July 17–20, 2006
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE14-89476
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE14-89476
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Topics: Errors, Probability, Risk, Safety, Failure, Performance, Accidents, Fittings, Reliability, Transients (Dynamics)
Proceedings Papers

Hydrogen: The Fuel That Drill Bits Cannot Reach

Alistair I. Miller, Romney B. Duffey
Proc. ASME. ICONE14, Volume 3: Structural Integrity; Nuclear Engineering Advances; Next Generation Systems; Near Term Deployment and Promotion of Nuclear Energy, 515-520, July 17–20, 2006
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: ICONE14-89073
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE14-89073
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Topics: Bits (Tools), Fuels, Hydrogen, Carbon dioxide, Electrolysis, High temperature, Natural gas, Clean coal technology, Coal, Economics