See Full Article HERE Increased competition and fluctuations in the commercial electric sales market have renewed focus on using risk-informed approaches for developing safe and cost-effective operational strategies for nuclear power plants. Addressing this issue and in collaboration with industry partners, Zahra Mohaghegh, professor in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering and director of the Socio-Technical Risk […]
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ZAHRA MOHAGHEGH GAINS NEUP GRANT TO DEVELOP I-PRA ALGORITHM FOR DEPLOYING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT INNOVATIONS
This article is reposted from NPRE News — Increased competition and fluctuations in the commercial electric sales market have renewed focus on using risk-informed approaches for developing safe and cost-effective operational strategies for nuclear power plants. Among these are new technologies to improve operational flexibility and efficiency while maintaining safety. Zahra Mohaghegh, NPRE professor and […]
Prof. Mohaghegh offers NPRE 461: Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Fall 2019
This course covers input for risk-informed decision-making for design, operation, and regulatory oversight in diverse high-consequence industries such as nuclear power, aviation, space, chemical processes, oil and gas, and healthcare. https://soteria.npre.illinois.edu/teaching/
SoTeRiA Industry Affiliates Program (IAP)
We are pleased to announce the establishment of the SoTeRiA Industry Affiliates Program (IAP) in the College of Engineering at UIUC. http://riskanalysis.illinois.edu/ The SoTeRiA-IAP is an industry-facing research entity directed by Zahra Mohaghegh, Faculty of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (NPRE) at UIUC. Ernie Kee serves as Industry Liaison, with 35 years of experience in […]
Dr. Tatsuya Sakurahara Presents at the NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar
NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Tuesday, December 11, 2018 4:00 – 4:50 pm – Graduate Seminar – 103 Talbot Laboratory Tatsuya Sakurahara Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Integrated Probabilistic Risk Assessment (I-PRA) Methodology and Computational Platform for Fire PRA of Nuclear Power Plants Abstract: In resolving emergent […]
Graduate Fellowships in NPRE: Apply in Risk Analysis/Power
SoTeRiA Lab encourages graduate students to apply for Graduate Scholarships and Fellowships under the Power area, with a focus on Risk Analysis. NPRE has several opportunities for scholarships and fellowships: https://npre.illinois.edu/academics/scholarship/university-illinois-nuclear-engineering-scholarships-and-fellowships-nrc https://npre.illinois.edu/academics/graduate-program/graduate-fellowshipsawards If you are interested in this path, contact us at riskanalysis@illinois.edu
MOHAGHEGH SERVES AS CHIEF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOR IN INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY COORDINATED RESEARCH
Mohaghegh is Chief Scientific Investigator and a representative of the United States in the coordinated research project, “Methodology for Assessing Pipe Failure Rates in Advanced Water Cooled Reactors.” The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which assists research for peaceful uses of nuclear energy and the development of practical applications throughout the world, is sponsoring the […]
SOTERIA PARTICIPATES IN ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH RESOURCE FAIR
Special thanks to Wen-Chi Cheng, Grant Schumock and Mateo Kajic for representing SoTeRiA Lab at the Undergraduate Research Resource Fair. Read the full story HERE: https://npre.illinois.edu/news/soteria-participates-engineering-undergraduate-research-resource-fair
MOHAGHEGH PROMOTES ILLINOIS’ LEADERSHIP IN SOCIO-TECHNICAL RISK ANALYSIS
Originally Published here: https://beckman.illinois.edu/news/2017/11/mohaghegh-pra By Doris Dahl & Justin Pence. Published on November 28, 2017 The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Japan and the catastrophic Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are bitter reminders of the critical need to create innovative scientific solutions for risk management, risk-informed decision making, and […]
Mohaghegh Awarded DOE NEUP Grant to Investigate Systematic Enterprise Risk Management
Read Original Article HERE Envision a future in which nuclear power companies use intelligent decision-making support systems to estimate scenarios of system failure or revenue loss. Managing physical and social failure mechanisms, these systems would provide key importance measures on how to mitigate potential undesirable consequences. In such a future, the nuclear industry could enter […]