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Cherokee Ballroom
Salon A/B Salon C Salon D/E Sequoyah 3 Hiwassee
Final Program - Updated August 24, 2008
SUN Registration 2:00 - 5:00 PM next to Sequoyah 1.
7:00- 9:00 PM
EVENING MIXER
MON Registration starting at 6:30 AM next to Sequoyah 1.
7:30- 8:30 AM Breakfast - hosted by EnergX Corporation.
8:30- 9:00 AM Introduction
Welcomes by Knox County & Knoxville City Mayors, ANS president, and Meeting Chair
9:00-10:00 AM Plenary Session I

10:00-10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15-11:15 AM Plenary Session II
11:15-12:30 AM Lunch Break
12:30- 2:00 PM Human Reliability Analysis I Panel Session: Current & Future Needs for HRA Methodologies
Leader: Susan Cooper
Low Power and Shutdown I
Session Chair: Don Wakefield
PSA Technology - Passive Systems
Session Chair: Don Dube
Advanced Nuclear Systems
Session Chair: Jim Chapman
Digital Systems
Session Chair: Marty Stutzke
2:00 -3:30  PM Human Reliability Analysis II
Session Chair: Kevin Coyne
Low Power and Shutdown II
Session Chair: Jim Lin
MSPI/SPD
Session Chair: Parviz Moieni
Safety Culture & Risk Perception
Session Chair: Jan van Erp
4:00- 4:30 PM -- Chauncey Starr Reception - hosted by EPRI - at the mezzanine and in Great Smoky Mountain Center Rooms B&C
4:30- 5:30 PM Special session honoring the late Dr. Chauncey Starr
7:00-10:00 PM "A LITTLE TENNESSEE NIGHT MUSIC AND DINNER" at the Knoxville Sunsphere:  A string quartet from the Knoxville Symphony will serenade from 7:00 - 7:30,  while the cash bar starts, and the panaoramic vista sets the tone for the Tennessee evening.  A special buffet by Southern Graces catering will be open from 7:30 - 8:30.  Diners will then find a comfortable spot to watch a senior clogging team from 8:30 - 9:00, and members from the Knoxville Area Dulcimer Club will perform from 9:00 - 9:30  The evening will wind down with a banjo duo from Pic'n'Grin Music. 
TUE Registration starting at 7:00 AM next to Sequoyah 1.
7:30- 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30-10:00 AM Human Reliability Analysis III
Session Chair: Anthony Spurgin
Fire PSA I
Session Chair: Dennis Henneke
Risk-Informed Applications I
Session Chair: Melanie Galloway
Accident Analysis/Level II I
Session Chair: Mark Leonard
Computer Codes & Advanced Algorithms I
Session Chair: Dana Kelly
10:00-10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 AM Human Reliability Analysis IV
Session Chair:  Bruce Hallbert
Fire PSA II
Session Chair: Steve Nowlen
Risk-Informed Applications II
Session Chair: Elod Hollo
Accident Analysis/Level II II
Session Chair: Ed Burns
Computer Codes & Advanced Algorithms II
Session Chair: Tom Morgan
11:45-12:45
Lunch Break
12:45- 2:45 PM Human Reliability Analysis V
Session Chair: Bengt Lydell
Fire PSA III
Session Chair:  JS Hyslop
Risk-Informed Applications III
Session Chair: Gareth Parry
Accident Analysis/Level II III
Session Chair: Stanley Levinson
Non Reactor Nuclear Application
Session Chair: Susan Cooper
2:45- 3:15  PM Coffee Break
3:15- 5:15  PM Human Reliability Analysis VI
Session Chair: Dennis Bley
Fire PSA IV
Session Chair: Jim Liming
Risk-Informed Applications IV
Session Chair: Robert Lutz
Accident Analysis/Level II IV
Session Chair: Ken Kiper
PSA Research & Development I: Panel Session: Current and Future Needs
Leader: Nathan Siu
7:00- 9:00  PM
B A N Q U E T - hosted by ERIN
Speaker: William R. McCollum, Jr. , Chief Operating Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority
WED Registration starting at 7:00 AM next to Sequoyah 1.
7:30- 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30-10:00 AM PSA Technology - Analysis I
Session Chair:  Alan Camp
Fire PSA V
Session Chair: Dennis Henneke
Risk-Informed Applications V
Session Chair: Jim Liming
Roundtable Discussion: Lessons Learned in Training Plant Staff to be Risk-Informed, Not Risk-Misinformed.
Leader: Barry Sloane
Aging I
Session Chair: Dennis Bley
10:00-10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 AM PSA Technology - Analysis II
Session Chair: Parvis Moieni
Fire PSA VI
Session Chair: Bijan Najafi
Use of PSA in Design
Session Chair:  Jim Chapman
Human Reliability Analysis VII-Panel.
Leader: Andreas Bye
Aging II
Session Chair: Dana Kelly
11:45- 1:00
Lunch Break
1:00- 3:00 PM PSA Technology - Analysis III
Session Chair:  Doug True
Fire PSA VII
Session Chair: Steve Nowlen
External Events I
Session Chair: Marty Stutzke
Common Cause Panel Session
Leader: Pekka Pyy
New LWRs
Session Chair: Jim Chapman
3:00- 4:00 PM Afternoon Break - Iceream Social - hosted by ABS Consulting
4:00- 6:00 PM Model Development
Session Chair:  Mardy Sattison
Lessons Learned I
Session Chair:  Doug Hance
External Events II
Session Chair:  David Johnson
Standards
Session Chairs: Mary Drouin and Allen Moldenhauer
7:30 PM -- "Ain't Misbehavin" at the University of Tennessee Clarence Brown Theater --
THU Registration starting at 8:00 AM next to Sequoyah 1.
7:30- 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30-10:00 AM BOP Applications & Generation Risk
Session Chair: Tom Morgan
Transportation and Hydrogen I
Session Chair:  Nathan Siu
PSA Technology - Treatment of Uncertainty I
Session Chair: Mary Drouin
Common Cause Failures II
Session Chair:  Ricky Summitt
PSA Training
Session Chair: Larry Rau
10:00-10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 AM Configuration Risk Management
Session Chair:  Kevin Coyne
Transportation and Hydrogen II
Session Chair:  Nathan Siu
Common Cause Failures III
Session Chair:  Dana Kelly
Noon
Adjourn Meeting
1: 00 PM ORNL TOUR  - US Citizens only.
Host: Norma Cardwell
1:00 PM Leave Hilton for ORNL
1:45 PM Tour  Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
2:30 PM Tour Graphite Reactor
3:00 PM Tour  High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)
3:45 PM Depart ORNL for Hilton Hotel
4:30 PM Arrive at Hilton Hotel



PSA 2008 Topical Meeting - September 7-11, 2008 - Hilton Knoxville, TN