RISK ANALYSIS
Dr. Pope is involved in providing risk analysis for commercial power plants. The research projects are evaluating the response and preparedness of power plant systems or components. The first project is an evaluation of how doorways hold up to flooding conditions. The second is an evaluation of generic feedwater systems and the economic risk thereof.
GENERIC FEEDWATER SYSTEM GENERATION RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL
Nuclear power plant utilities are economically vulnerable due top equipment failure and unavailability. Power plants need an effective tool to evaluate these economic risks.
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT COMPONENT RELIABILITY UNDER FLOODING CONDITIONS (INL)
Working with Idaho National Laboratory, Dr. Pope is engaged research focusing on nuclear power plant component reliability under flooding conditions. This research includes smoothed particle hydrodynamic (SPH) modeling, small scale component testing, wave system generation design, mathematical reliability modeling, and full scale component testing design work.