On March 19th, at the Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference in Busan, Korea, Woody was a guest speaker on a special panel session, “Special Panel Discussion I: Fukushima Accident, Issues and Lessons”. Continue reading
Woody Epstein and Philip Watts have released a new presentation on the Tohoku Tsunami on Tsunami Hazard and Risk Assessment. Continue reading
Woody wrote this white paper for his sponser at the Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Professor Ninokata, at the end of April, 2011. His analysis preceded those of the NRC, MIT, HSE, and the IAEA. Continue reading
A 2011 update to the 2006 paper on “Unexampled Events, Resilience, and PRA”, with specific relevance to the recent events in Japan. Continue reading
The FTL approach is subject to some limitations and approximations. Continue reading
Celebrating 20+ years of excellence! Continue reading
On the lack of accepted modeling and quantification procedures for multi-train support systems using fault trees. Continue reading
A set of example projects Woody has managed or worked on. Continue reading
Woody’s perspective on risk and risk assessment. Continue reading
A landmark paper by Woody and Antoine Rauzy. (7 of 32 pages) Continue reading