2017 Pacific Rim Forum Agenda and Presentations

• Khalid Mosalam – Director, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, USA

• Perspectives from Japan – Hirobumi Kayama, Special Advisor to the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
  – Akio Takahashi, President, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum – Video (MP4)
  
• Perspectives from the U.S. – Garrett Smith, Acting Director, DOE Office of Nuclear Safety
• Perspectives from China – Rong Pan, Director of Plant Siting and Civil Engineering, Nuclear Safety and Radiation Safety Center, China

Session Co-Chairs – Khalid Mosalam, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, USA; Norman Abrahamson, Pacific Gas and Electric, USA

• Resolving Earthquake Issues Using all Earthquake Data Plus the Right Strategy – Peter Yanev, USA
• Shaking Table Tests of the Cable Tray System in Nuclear Power Plants – Khalid Mosalam, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Shaking-table Test on Full-scale 1000 kV Substation Equipment – Qiang Xie, Tongi University, China
• Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment Addressing the Uncertainty of Tsunami Source – Yuta Abe, Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation, Japan
• Advances and Challenges in Seismic Hazard Assessment – Norman Abrahamson, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, USA

Session Co-Chairs – David McCallen, Lawrence Berkeley Lab and UC Office of the President, USA; Muneo Hori, University of Tokyo, Japan

• Regional Scale Simulations for Earthquake Hazard and Disaster Assessment Using High Performance Computing – Muneo Hori, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Physics-based Ground Motion Simulations
  – Arben Pitarka, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
• Advancements in Soil-Structure-Interaction
  – Boris Jeremic, University of California, Davis, USA
• Research and Engineering Application of Collapse Simulation of Buildings – Xin-Zheng Lu, Tsinghua University, China
• Probabalistic Risk Assessment Based Model Validation Methods using a Bayesian Network – Abhinav Gupta, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

• ASCE 7 – Seismic Performance Basis and Potential Modifications for Design of Low Consequence Nuclear Facilities – Sanjeev Malushte, Bechtel Fellow, USA
• ASCE 4/43 – Integration of ASCE-4 Seismic Analysis Requirements with ASCE 43 Performance Based Design – Greg Mertz, Member Dynamic Analysis of Nuclear Standards Committee, USA
• NRC Regulatory Perspectives – Jon Ake, U.S. NRC, USA
• Ground Motion Developments and Integration into Risk Based Standards – Yousef Bozorgnia, University of California, Berkeley, USA

What is acceptable risk? How do we use risk evaluations and how do we communicate risk? – Dr. Norman Abrahamson

Can we trust simulations results? – Dr. Stephen Mahin

Moderators: Dr. Norman Abrahamson and Dr. Stephen Mahin

Session Chair – Stephen Mahin, University of California, Berkeley, USA

• Design and Construction of a Large Laminar Soil Box for Validation of a Computational Framework for Nonlinear SSI Analysis of Critical Nuclear Facilities – Ian Buckle, University of Nevada, Reno, USA
• Earthquake Early Warning Benefits
  – Laurie Johnson, Laurie Johnson Consulting / Research, USA
• Current SSI State-of-Practice and Future Advancements: IAEA Technical Document
  – James Johnson, James Johnson and Associates; Boris Jeremic, University of California, Davis, USA
• Utilization of Fiber Optic-Based Sensors
  – Kenichi Soga, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• Recent Tests and Analyses of Seismically Isolated Nuclear Power Plants – Andreas Schellenberg, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Session Co-Chairs – Robert Budnitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA; John Richards, Electric Power Research Institute, USA

• Japanese Implementation of Seismic PRAs – Akira Yamaguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Use of Seismic PRAs to Resolve the Post-Fukushima Safety Issues –Robert Budnitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
• NRC Perspectives on Post-Fukushima Seismic Safety – Nilesh Chokshi, U.S. NRC, USA
• Response of SSCs to High Frequency Ground Motions – John Richards, Electric Power Research Institute, USA

Special Presentation: A Few Thoughts
– Shunsuke Kondo, President,
Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO)

Session C0-Chair – Guillaume Herve, EDF, France; Farhang Ostadan, Bechtel Corporation, USA

• The Fukushima Experience – Tsuyoshi Takada, University of Tokyo, Japan
• The Chernobyl Experience – Randy Jorissen, Bechtel Corporation, USA
• Accelerated Aging Study through the 1/3 Scale Containment Mockup VeRCoRS – Guillaume Herve, EDF, France
• A Diablo Canyon Look Ahead – Nozar Jahangir, Pacific Gas and Electric, USA