Curtis Lee Smith

Proceedings of the Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM) 12 Conference - Volume 1 Curtis Lee Smith

It is was our honor to welcome you to Honolulu, Hawaii, for the twelfth rendition of the Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM) Conference. The planning for PSAM Honolulu began back in 2007 (before PSAM 9 in Hong Kong), when we looked at several locations around the United States, included Arizona, California, Boston, and even considered locations in Oceania. Based upon the feedback both during and after the conference, PSAM 12 proved to be a great success. We would like to thank all of the volunteers, those that served before, during, and after the Conference. Members of the Technical Program Committee, the Organizing Committee, the session chairs, and the presenters have our gratitude for making PSAM 12 the most memorable PSAM yet. This publication represents the technical proceedings for the Conference. Due to the large number of published papers (a total of 391), we have subdivided the technical content (papers) into multiple volumes. On behalf of the International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Board of Directors, we hope that this publication will provide a valuable technical resource in addition to a reminder of the memorable stay in the Hawaiian Islands.