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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.

Hyatt, N.C., D.A. Pickett, and R.B. Rebak (eds) Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII.  Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 1124. Warrendale, PA: Materials Research Society.  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.

Pensado, O.  Use of Robust Sensitivity Indices to Analyze the Structure of Stochastic Performance Assessment Models, Proceedings of the 12^th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM); 7–11 September 2008; Las Vegas, Nevada.  LaGrange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society, Item No. 700338 (CD ROM), ISBN: 978-0-89448-062-1, 582–587, 2008.

Pensado, O. and R. Pabalan.  Probabilistic Methodology to Estimate Environmental Conditions for Localized Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Alloy 22 in a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository Setting.  Journal of Nuclear Materials, 381(3):231–241, 2008.  Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.08.002.

2007

Barr, C.S., X. Yin, C.L. Dinwiddie, L.D. Howard, R.T. Pabalan, and D. Pickett. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Review of U.S. Department of Energy Non-High Level Waste Determination for Idaho National Laboratory Tank Farm Facility. In Proceedings of the Waste Management 2007 Conference. Paper No. 7286, 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.

Benke, R.R. and G.R. Adams. 2007. Potential Indoor Worker Exposure from Handling Area Leakage: Example Event Sequence Frequency Analysis. Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Decommissioning, Decontamination, and Reutilization (DD&R 2007), Chattanooga, TN. American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, IL. pp. 258–260.

Nes, R. and R.R. Benke. 2007. Potential Indoor Worker Exposure from Handling Area Leakage: Dose Calculation Methodology and Example Consequence Analysis. Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society Topical Meeting on Decommissioning, Decontamination, and Reutilization (DD&R 2007), Chattanooga, TN. American Nuclear Society, LaGrange Park, Illinois. pp. 120–123.

O. Pensado and J. Mancillas. “Estimates of Mean Consequences and Confidence Bounds on the Mean Associated With Low-Probability Seismic Events in Total System Performance Assessments.” Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, September 2-6, 2007, Bruges (Brugge), Belgium. New York, NY: ASME Press, ISBN 0-7918-3818-8, Item No. I785CD (CD ROM). 2007.

2006

Benke, R.R. and M.D. Waters.  Consequence Sensitivity Analyses for a Risk-Informed Review of a Preclosure Safety Analysis.  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-0440. 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, and P. Bertetti; Risk Insights for Use in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Program for the Potential Yucca Mountain Repository. 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).

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. and B. Dasgupta. Probabilistic Risk Analysis Methodology for Preclosure Operations at a Geologic Nuclear Waste Repository. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM7). C. Spitzer, U. Schmocker, and V.N. Dang (Eds.). London: Springer-Verlag. Vol. 6, pp. 3123-3129. Berlin, Germany: June 14-18, 2004.

Mohanty, S. and R.B. Codell. 2004. Independent post-closure performance estimates of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Nuclear Technology.  Vol. 148, No. 2, pp. 105-114.

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.

Pensado, O. and B. Sagar. Sensitivity Analysis of an Engineered Barrier System Model for the Potential Repository System in the United States. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, Berlin, Germany, June 14-18, 2004. C. Spitzer, U. Schmocker, and V. N. Dang, editors. London: Springer-Verlag. Volume 6, pp. 3123-3129. 2004.

2003

McCartin, T., H. Arlt, B. Ford, J. Kotra, G. Wittmeyer, and S. Mohanty. 2003. Understanding performance assessment results. Proceedings of the 10th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference. La Grange Park, Illinois: American Nuclear Society. 1,041–1,043.

Mohanty, S., G. Adams, and R. Pabalan. 2003. The Role of Solubility as a Barrier to Radionuclide Release. In Proceedings of the 10th International High-level Radioactive Waste Management Conference. La Grange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society. pp. 938–945.

2002

Dam, W.M., S. Mohanty, T.J. McCartin, and J. Firth. 2002. Ensuring barriers live up to their billing: Regulatory requirements for multiple barriers and technical agreements for the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository. Proceedings of the Waste Management 2002 Conference. Tucson, Arizona: Waste Management Symposia, Inc. (CD ROM publication).

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 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.

Mohanty, S., R. Codell, J.M. Menchaca, R. Janetzke, M. Smith, P. LaPlante, M. Rahimi, and A. Lozano. 2002. System-level performance assessment of the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain using the TPA Version 4.1 Code. CNWRA 2002-05. Rev. 1. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.

Mohanty, S., T.J. McCartin, and D.W. Esh (coords). 2002. Total-system Performance Assessment (TPA) Version 4.0 Code module descriptions and user's guide. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.

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.

Pensado, O., V. Troshanov, B. Sagar, and G. Wittmeyer. A Partitioning Method for Identifying Model Parameters. Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM6). E.J. Bonano, A.L. Camp, M.J. Majors, and R.A. Thompson, eds. Kidlington, Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science Ltd. Volume I, p. 827-833, 2002.

Sagar, B., W. Patrick, B. Dasgupta, and S. Mohanty. 2002. Evaluation of repository safety. Proceedings of the First Asian and Oceanic Congress for Radiation Protection. Meeting Radiation Protection Toward the New Horizon (ACORP–1), Seoul, South Korea, October 20–24. Published on CD ROM (6–10 pages).

2001

Codell, R.B., and S. Mohanty. 2001. Alternative conceptual models for radionuclide release. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management. La Grange Park, Illinois: American Nuclear Society (CD ROM publication).

Lu, Y., and S. Mohanty. 2001. Sensitivity analysis of a complex, proposed geologic waste disposal system using the Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test Method. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 72(3): 275–291.

Mohanty, S., R. Codell, and G. Wittmeyer. 2001. Use of sensitivity analysis methods for identifying key technical issues in repository performance. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management. La Grange Park, Illinois: American Nuclear Society (CD ROM publication).

Mohanty, S. and Y-T. (Justin) Wu. 2001. CDF sensitivity analysis technique for ranking influential parameters in the performance assessment of the proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. Reliability Engineering and System Safety 73(2): 167–176.

Mohanty, S. and T. McCartin. 2001. NRC Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses for a proposed HLW repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, using TPA 3.1. Volume I: Model Conceptualization and Data. NUREG–1668. Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

2000

Cragnolino, G.A., S. Mohanty, D.S. Dunn, N. Sridhar, and T. Ahn. 2000. An approach to the assessment of high-level radioactive waste containment. Vol. I: Waste package degradation. Nuclear Engineering and Design 201. 289–306.

Hsiung, S.-M., and S. Mohanty. 2000. An abstracted model for assessing the effect of seismically induced rock fall on the waste package performance for high-level radioactive waste disposal. PSAM 5 Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Vol. 3. S. Kondo and K. Furuta, eds. Frontiers Science Series No. 34. Tokyo, Japan: Universal Academy Press, Inc. 1,581–1,588.

Mohanty, S., R. Codell, T. Ahn, and G.A. Cragnolino. 2000. An approach to the assessment of high-level radioactive waste containment. Vol. II: Radionuclide releases. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 201. 307–325.

Mohanty, S., and R. Codell. 2000. A performance assessment review tool for the proposed radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. PSAM 5 Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management. Vol. 3. S. Kondo and K. Furuta, eds. Frontiers Science Series No. 34. Tokyo, Japan: Universal Academy Press, Inc. 485–1,593.

McCartin, T., J. Kotra, K. McConnell, E. Wolff, and S. Mohanty. 2000. Gaining public confidence in performance assessment. Proceedings of the Waste Management 2000 Conference. Tucson, Arizona: Waste Management Symposia, Inc. (CD ROM publication).

Mohanty, S., and R.W. Rice. 2000. Radionuclide release rates at the receptor location for the proposed high-level radioactive waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. Vol. 608. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII. R.W. Smith and D.W. Shoesmith, eds. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 135–140.

Pensado, O., and S. Mohanty. 2000. Prediction of waste package life for high-level radioactive waste disposal at Yucca Mountain. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings. Vol. 608. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII. R.W. Smith and D.W. Shoesmith, eds. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 147–152.

Rice, R., and S. Mohanty. 2000. Total-system performance assessment code for the proposed high-level waste repository at Yucca Mountain code development and lessons learned. Proceedings of the Waste Management 2000 Conference. Tucson, Arizona: Waste Management Symposia, Inc. (CD ROM publication).

1999

Mohanty, S., R. Codell, R.W. Rice, J. Weldy, Y. Lu, R.M. Byrne, T.J. McCartin, M. Jarzemba, and G.W. Wittmeyer. 1999. System-level repository sensitivity analyses using TPA Version 3.2 Code. CNWRA 99-002. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.

1998

Jarzemba, M., R. Codell, L. Deere, C. Lui, J. Firth, S. Mohanty, K. Poor, and J. Weldy. 1998. NRC sensitivity and uncertainty analyses for a proposed HLW repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, using TPA 3.1. Volume II: Results and conclusion. NUREG/CR–1668. Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Murphy, W.M., E.C. Pearcy, R.T. Green. J.D. Prikryl, S. Mohanty, and B.W. Leslie. 1998. A test of long-term predictive, geochemical transport modeling at the Akrotiri archaeological site. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 29. 245–279.

1997

LaPlante, P.A., and K. Poor. 1997. Information and analyses to support selection of critical groups and reference biospheres for Yucca Mountain exposure scenarios. CNWRA 97B009. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.

Mohanty, S. 1997. Effect of multiphase fluid saturation on the thermal conductivity of geologic media. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 30. L80–L84.

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.

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