ANS/ASME RA-S-1.1-2022: Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) originated in the aerospace industry during and before the Apollo space program: the U.S. space project of the 1960s and 70s…
ASME NQA-1-2024: Nuclear Facility Applications
The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear energy, accounting for about 30% of the worldwide nuclear power generation. As such, the nuclear…
ANSI/ANS-20.2-2023: Nuclear Safety Design
The fundamental objectives of nuclear safety are the achievement of proper operating conditions and the prevention or mitigation of accident consequences, resulting in the protection…
ANSI N14.1-2023: Uranium Hexafluoride Packagings Transport
~440 nuclear power reactors operate across the globe. 96 are in the United States, where they produce nearly 20% of the electricity generated throughout the…
ANSI/ANS-10.7-2013 (R2023): Nuclear Industry Software
Nuclear energy provides about 10% of the world’s electricity from about 440 power reactors and is the world’s second largest source of low-carbon power. It is necessary that…
ANSI | Energy | Nuclear Power
Seismic Analysis and Design Criteria of Nuclear Facilities
Seismic activity is an unfortunate consequence of the natural processes that coincide with living on the surface of planet Earth, rendering the regions of the…
ANSI | Energy | Nuclear Power
Changes to ASCE/SEI 4-2016 – Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures
ASCE/SEI 4-2016 – Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures has been released. This standard, developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), provides minimum…
ANSI | Energy | Nuclear Power
The Shutdown of Nuclear Power Plants in the 2010s
Nuclear power has gone through some rough patches, especially when it comes to public perception of the energy source. While, as we have discussed before,…