NRC–RES/EPRI Fire PRA Course Workshop 2018

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), will jointly sponsor a course on fire probabilistic risk assessment (PRA). Since 2002, RES and EPRI, working under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Cooperative Nuclear Safety Research, have been developing state-of-the-art methods for conducting fire PRA. In September 2005, this work produced "EPRI/NRC-RES Fire PRA Methodology for Nuclear Power Facilities" (NUREG/CR-6850/EPRI 1011989), which is the subject of this 2018 course. Training will also include discussions relating to the fire PRA portion of the ASME/ANS PRA Standard to the methodology of NUREG/CR-6850 (EPRI 1011989).

Five modules cover the major technical areas of the fire PRA methodology. This year's offerings will provide each module once at either the NRC or EPRI offices. Participants may attend as many modules as they wish during the year. NRC staff are required to request approval for attendance through iLearn then register using the corresponding registration link below. Complete descriptions of each module and a link to the course website and registration are provided in the links below.

• EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training – Module I – Probabilistic Risk Assessment
  July 23–27, 2018 – EPRI Offices, Charlotte, NC

• EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training - Module II - Electrical Analysis
  June 25–29, 2018 – NRC Offices, North Bethesda, MD

• EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training - Module III - Fire Analysis
  August 6–10, 2018 – NRC Offices, North Bethesda, MD

• EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training - Module IV - Fire Human Reliability Analysis
  July 23–27, 2018 – EPRI Offices, Charlotte, NC

• EPRI/NRC-RES Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment Training - Module V - Advanced Fire Modeling
  August 13–17, 2018 – NIST Campus, Gaithersburg, MD
  ++Module V will be held on the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, MD this year and attendees will have an opportunity to tour the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL). Please see National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) website to read information about the laboratory.

**Please note: Both EPRI and NRC will host – please note the date, location and be sure to read the course descriptions prior to registering. Notebooks will NOT be provided in this year's course. The course materials will be available on the web for download prior to the course. It is essential that each student have either an electronic copy (on their laptop) or a paper copy with them for the training. It is each attendee's responsibility to download and bring this material to the training with them.

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Module I PRA

Module II Electrical Analysis

Module III Fire Analysis

Module IV HRA

Module V Advanced Fire Modeling

Contact Information

If you have questions or need further information regarding these courses, please contact the following: