Safety and Operational Benefits of Risk-Informed Initiatives

John Gaertner, Technical Executive, EPRI
Ken Canavan, Program Manager, EPRI
Doug True, President, ERIN Engineering and Research, Inc.

Part I of this two-part article examined safety and performance trends in the nuclear power industry. Part II will continue with a discussion of emerging risk-informed activities.

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    Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a contract by Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc. (Conectiv Energy) to implement a new Generation Management System (GMS) based on OSI’s popular monarch™ platform.
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    ViryaNet Limited (OTC BB: VRYAE), a leading provider of software applications that optimize business processes for field service management, today announced that a major northwest US gas and electric utility has selected the ViryaNet product to schedule, route, and manage its workforce of field technicians.
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    Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) today introduced a scalable Trimble® 5800 GPS System. The scalable solution adds greater flexibility and versatility for a variety of survey, construction, civil engineering, and asset management applications.
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    BlueCielo ECM Solutions, a leading global software company offering Engineering Content Management (ECM) solutions, announced today that it has released InnoCielo Global Collaboration Framework 2008, the latest version of the InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise module that enables exchange of content and collaborative workflow between geographically dispersed engineering teams.
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    Autodesk, Inc. - 8/12/08

    Autodesk has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of 3D Geo GmbH, a privately held maker of intelligent 3D urban models software, based in Potsdam, Germany. 3D Geo offers software and services for geo-visualization: solutions for effectively creating, analyzing, managing, and distributing large-scale geo information.

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