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Dr. Akira Yamaguchi is a Professor in the University of Tokyo, Nuclear Professional School, Graduate School of Engineering. He has received Ph.D degree in the nuclear engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1984. He joined the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (currently Japan Atomic Energy Agency) and involved in the thermal-hydraulic and safety research of sodium cooled fast breeder reactor. In April of 2005, he moved to Osaka University, Department of Energy an Environment where he performed nuclear thermal-hydraulics, safety and risk assessment studies. Since January of 2015, he is Professor of the University of Tokyo. He has more than 30 years of experience in nuclear engineering. He has been a member of governmental committees on atomic energy policy, nuclear safety, nuclear regulation and nuclear science and technology by the METI, NRA and MEXT. Among them, he chairs the Nuclear Science and Technology Committee of the MEXT and Nuclear Safety, Technology and Human resource Development Committee of the METI. Currently he is the chair of the Risk Technology Committee of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan and a International Board member of the IAPSAM (International Association of PSA and Management).
Talk Abstract
It combines thermal-hydraulic simulation and Bayesian diagnosis. Numerical simulation generates large amount of information. It is not always straightforward to understand and interpret the numerical data. However it is needed to make a decision based on the numerical results. In nuclear safety application, a methodology to integrate the numerical data. The present approach is useful for the application such as fuel debris cooling and anomalies detection.