SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Risk Assessment Services

Presentations and Publications

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2000 | 1996 | 1991 | 1990

2009

Benke, R.R., D.M. Hooper, J.S. Durham, D.R. Bannon, K.L. Compton, M. Necsoiu and R.N. McGinnis, Jr. Measurement of Airborne Particle Concentrations Near the Sunset Crater Volcano, Arizona. Health Physics, 96(2):97–117, 2009.

2008

Osidele, O.O., O. Pensado, J. McMurry and S. Mohanty. A Decision-Analysis Framework to Support Risk Assessment for Geologic Radioactive Waste Disposal Systems. The Integrated Assessment Journal, 8(2):127–136, 2008.

2007

Benke, R.R. 2007. Analytical and numerical solutions of the expected number of occurrences for combinations of event sequences due to variability.  Applied Mathematics and Computation.  Vol. 190, Issue 2, p. 1824-1838. doi:10.1016/j.amc.2007.02.145.

Osidele, O.O., O. Pensado-Rodriguez, J. McMurry, S. Mohanty, and B.W. Goodwin. A Decision-Analysis Framework to Support Risk Assessment for Geologic Radioactive Waste Disposal Systems. Presented at the 7th International Water Association Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment in Water Management, Washington, D.C., May 2007.

Osidele, O.O., O. Pensado-Rodriguez, J. McMurry, S. Mohanty, and B.W. Goodwin. A Decision-Analysis Framework to Support Risk Assessment for Geologic Radioactive Waste Disposal Systems. Presented at the Joint Workshop of The Integrated Assessment Society (TIAS) and the Global Water System Project (GWSP) on Global Assessments: Bridging Scales and Linking to Policy, Washington, D.C., May 2007.

2006

Benke, R.R. and M.D. Waters. Consequence Sensitivity Analyses for a Risk-Informed Review of a Preclosure Safety Analysis. Presented at and published in the Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, May 14-18, M.G. Stamatelatos and H.S. Blackman (Eds.) New York, New York: ASME Press. Paper PSAM-0440, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2006.

Dasgupta, B., G. Adams, R. Benke, R.K. Johnson, and M. Waters. Safety Assessment Tool Developed for Nuclear Fuel Handling Facilities. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14-18, 2006. M.G. Stamatelatos and H.S. Blackman (Eds.) New York, New York:  ASME Press. Paper PSAM-0436. 2006.

Grossman, C.J., B.W. Leslie, T.J. McCartin, S. Mohanty, O. Pensado-Rodriguez, and F.P. Bertetti. Risk Insights for Use in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Program for the Potential Yucca Mountain Repository. Presented at and published in the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (ASME Press CD ROM), May 14-28, M.G. Stamatelatos and H.S. Blackman (Eds.), New Orleans, Louisiana, 2006.

Pabalan, R.T., S.L. Painter, G.R. Walter and F.P. Bertetti. CO2 Releases from Deep Storage Formations into Drinking Water Aquifers – Assessment of Potential Impacts on Drinking Water Quality. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2008.

Pensado, O. and B. Sagar. Techniques for Sensitivity Analyses on Non-Monotonic Functions. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management; New Orleans, Lousiana, USA; May 14-18, 2006. Michael G. Stamatelatos and Harold S. Blackman, Editors. ASME Press, 2006. (Proceedings on CD-ROM).

Wu, Y.-T., and S. Mohanty. 2006. Variable screening and ranking using sampling-based sensitivity measures. Reliability Engineering and System Safety. Vol. 91, p. 634–647.

2005

Pensado, O., T. Kanno, S. Mohanty, and Y. Tochigi. Use of Simplified Models in the Performance Assessment of a High-Level Waste Repository System in Japan. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Nuclear Fuel Cycle Safety Engineering Research Facility (NUCEF 200); Tokaimura, Ibarakiken, Japan; February 9-10, 2005. Japan: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). pp. 248-252, 2005.

2004

Benke, R.R. and B. Dasgupta. Probabilistic Risk Analysis Methodology for Preclosure Operations at a Geologic Nuclear Waste Repository. Presented at and published in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM7), June 14–18, Berlin, Germany, Vol. 6, pp. 3,123-3,129, 2004.

Mohanty, S., and R.B. Codell. 2004. Ramifications of risk measures in implementing quantitative performance assessment for the proposed radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. Risk Analysis. Vol. 24, No. 3, p. 537–546.

Mohanty, S., B. Sagar, R.W. Janetzke, G.W. Wittmeyer, and W.C. Patrick. Role of Component Sensitivity Analysis in the Risk Assessment of a Large and Complex System. Presented at and published in the Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, Berlin, Germany, June 2004.

2003

Hill, B.E. Key Uncertainties in Calculating Volcanic Risk for the Proposed Yucca Mountain Radioactive Waste Repository, Nevada, USA. Presented at the Cities on Volcanoes 3 Meeting, Hilo, Hawaii, July 2003.

2002

Benke, R.R., B. Dasgupta, B. Sagar, and A.H. Chowdhury. Methodology for Preclosure Risk Assessment of Geologic Nuclear Waste Repository. Presented at and published in the 6th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Proceedings, June 23–28, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002. 

Benke, R.R. A Methodology for Preclosure Risk Assessment for a Geologic Nuclear Waste Repository. Presented at and published in the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM6), June 23–28, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002.

Mohanty, S. Sensitivity Analyses for Identifying Influential Parameters in a High-Level Waste Disposal Problem. Presented at the Risk Analysis - Computer Simulation in Risk Analysis and Hazard Mitigation Conference, Sintra, Portugal, June 2002.

Mohanty, S. and R.B. Codell. 2002. Sensitivity analysis methods for identifying influential parameters in a problem with a large number of random variables. Risk Analysis III. C. Brebbia, ed. Southampton, United Kingdom: Wessex Institute of Technology Press. 364–374.

Mohanty, S. and B. Sagar. 2002. Perspectives paper importance of transparency and traceability in building a safety case for high-level nuclear waste repositories. Risk Analysis 22(1): 7–15.

Mohanty, S. and J. Wu. 2002. Mean-based sensitivity or uncertainty importance measures for identifying influential parameters. PSAM 6 Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Vol. 1. E.J. Bonano, A.L. Camp, M.J. Majors, and R.A. Thompson, eds. New York: Elsevier. 1,079–1,085.

2000

Justus, P., J.A. Stamatakos, A. Ghosh, A.H. Chowdhury, S.M. Hsiung, M.P. Miklas Jr., R. Chen, A. Ibrahim, and J. Firth. Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Evaluation of Seismotectonic Processes at the Candidate High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Presented at and published in the Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 32, No. 7, November 2000.

1996

LaPlante, P.A., S.J. Maheras, and M.S. Jarzemba. 1996. Preliminary analysis of important site-specific dose assessment parameters and exposure pathways applicable to a groundwater release scenario at Yucca Mountain. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIX, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. 412. W.M. Murphy and D.A. Knecht, eds. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society.

1991

Weiner, R.F., P.A. LaPlante, and J.P. Hageman. 1991. An approach to assessing the impacts of incident-free transportation of radioactive materials: Vol. I: Air transportation. Risk Analysis. II(4): 654–660.

Weiner, R.F., P.A. LaPlante, and J.P. Hageman. 1991. An approach to assessing the impacts of incident-free transportation of radioactive materials: Vol. II: Highway transportation. Risk Analysis II(4): 661–666.

1990

Weiner, R.F., P.A. LaPlante, J.P. Hageman, F.A. Bennett, and J.P. Buckingham. Risks in Transporting Radioactive Materials: Comparison of Data with NUREG 0170 Projections. Presented at and published in the Proceedings of Waste Management '90, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1990.

For more information about risk assessments, presentations or publications, or how you can contract with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), please contact Dr. Sitakanta Mohanty at smohanty@swri.org or (210) 522-5185.
 

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