Publications

M. Albati, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, J. Yang, T. von Thaden, R. Kesler, F. Masoud, Z. Mohaghegh, "Uncertainty-Based Validation Methodology and Experimental Analysis for External Control Room Human Performance Simulation: Application to Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants," Nuclear Science and Engineering (Accepted).  
  
S. Alkhatib, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, B. Ratte, K. Kaspar, S. Hunt, Z. Mohaghegh, "Phenomenological Nondimensional Parameter Decomposition to Enhance the Use of Simulation Modeling in Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants," Journal of Nuclear Engineering, Vol. 5, Is. 3, pp. 226-245, (2024). 
 
P. Farshadmanesh, J. Beal, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, A. Rowell, F. Yilmaz, Z. Mohaghegh, "Modeling Interconnections of Safety and Financial Performance of Nuclear Power Plants, Part 1: Categorical Review and Theoretical Bases," Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 171, 105123, (2024). 
 
J. Beal, T. Sakurahara, P. Farshadmanesh, S. Reihani, E. Kee, A. Rowell, F. Yilmaz, Z. Mohaghegh, "Modeling Interconnections of Safety and Financial Performance of Nuclear Power Plants, Part 2: Methodological Developments and Case Study," Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 171, 105100, (2024). 
 
K. Shimada, T. Sakurahara, P. Farshadmanesh, S. Reihani, Z. Mohaghegh, "Integration of Level 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plants with Transportation Simulation Considering Earthquake Hazards," Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 197, 110243, (2023). 
 
H. Bui, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, "Probabilistic Validation: Computational Platform and Application to Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants," ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part B: Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 10, Is. 2, 021202, (2024). 
 
H. Bui, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, "Probabilistic Validation: Theoretical Foundation and Methodological Platform," ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part B: Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 9, Is. 2,  021204, (2023). 
 
K. Heckmann, D.-H. Ahn, J. Beal, W.-C. Cheng, X. Duan, T. Jevremovic, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, B. Lydell, S. Reihani, T. Sakurahara, M. Wang, “Estimation of Pipe Failure Frequencies in the Absence of Operational Experience Data: A Pilot Study,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, Volume 398, 111990, (2022). 
 
J. Yang, P. Farshadmanesh, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, C. Blake, Z. Mohaghegh, “Uncertainty Analysis on Support Vector Machine for Measuring Organizational Factors in Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 153, 104411, (2022). 
 
W.-C. Cheng, J. Beal, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Modeling Interconnections of Safety and Financial Performance of Nuclear Power Plants, Part 3: Spatiotemporal Probabilistic Physics-of-Failure Analysis and Its Connection to Safety and Financial Performance,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 153, 104382, (2022). 
 
G. Schumock, S. Zhang, P. Farshadmanesh, J.G. Owens, N. Kasza, J. Stearns, T. Sakurahara, Z. Mohaghegh, “Integrated Risk-Informed Design (I-RID) methodological framework and computational application for FLEX equipment storage buildings of Nuclear Power Plants,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 120, 103186, (2020). 
 
T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Global Importance Measure Methodology for Integrated Probabilistic Risk Assessment,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, Vol. 234, Is. 2, pp. 377-396, (2019).  
 
T. Sakurahara, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Human Reliability Analysis-Based Method for Manual Fire Suppression Analysis in an Integrated Probabilistic Risk Assessment,” ASCE-ASME J Risk and Uncert in Engrg Sys Part B Mech Engrg, Vol. 6, Is. 1, 011010, (2019).  
 
H. Bui, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Spatiotemporal Integration of an Agent-Based First Responder Performance Model with a Fire Hazard Propagation Model for Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants,” ASCE-ASME J Risk and Uncert in Engrg Sys Part B Mech Engrg, Vol. 6, Is. 1, 011011, (2019). 
 
T. Sakurahara, N. O’Shea, W.-C. Cheng, S. Zhang, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Integrating renewal process modeling with probabilistic physics-of-failure: Application for estimation of loss of coolant accident (LOCA) frequencies in nuclear power plants,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 190, 106479, (2019). 
 
W.C. Cheng, T. Sakurahara, S. Zhang, P. Farshadmanesh, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, K. Heckmann, J. Sievers, B. Lydell, C. Zammali, X.-X. Yuan, X. Duan, R. Alzbutas, G.-G. Lee, T. Jevremovic, C. Takasugi, “Review and Categorization of Existing Studies on the Estimation of Probabilistic Failure Metrics for Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Piping and Steam Generator Tubes in Nuclear Power Plants,” Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 118, 103105, (2020).  
 
H. Bui, T. Sakurahara, J. Pence, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “An algorithm for enhancing the spatiotemporal resolution of probabilistic risk assessment to address emergent safety concerns in nuclear power plants,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 185, Is. pp. 405-428, (2019). 
 
T. Sakurahara, G. Schumock, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Simulation-Informed Probabilistic Methodology for Common Cause Failure Analysis,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 185, Is. pp. 84-99, (2019). 
 
J. Pence, T. Sakurahara, X. Zhu, Z. Mohaghegh, M. Ertem, C. Ostroff, E. Kee, “Data-Theoretic Methodology and Computational Platform to Quantify Organizational Factors in Socio-Technical Risk Analysis,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 185, Is. pp. 240-260, (2019). 
 
J. Pence, I. Miller, T. Sakurahara, J. Whitacre, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “GIS-based Integration of Social Vulnerability and Level 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment to Advance Emergency Preparedness, Planning, and Response for Severe Nuclear Power Plant Accidents,” Risk analysis, Vol. 39, Is. 6, pp. 1262-1280, (2019).  
 
P. Farshadmanesh, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “SHAKE-RoverD Framework for Nuclear Power Plants: A Streamlined Approach for Seismic Risk Assessment,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 205, Is. 3, pp. 442-463, (2018). 
 
T. Sakurahara, Z. Mohaghegh, S. Reihani, E. Kee, “Methodological and Practical Comparison of Integrated Probabilistic Risk Assessment (I-PRA) with the Existing Fire PRA of Nuclear Power Plants,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 204, Is. 3, pp. 354-377, (2018). 
 
T. Sakurahara, Z. Mohaghegh, S. Reihani, E. Kee, M. Brandyberry, S. Rodgers, “An Integrated Methodology for Spatio-Temporal Incorporation of Underlying Failure Mechanisms into Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 169, Is. pp. 242-257, (2018). 
 
E. Kee, J. Hasenbein, A. Zolan, P. Grissom, S. Reihani, Z. Mohaghegh, F. Yilmaz, B. Letellier, V. Moiseytseva, R. Vaghetto, T. Sakurahara, “RoverD: Use of Test Data in GSI-191 Risk Assessment,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 196, Is. 2, pp. 270-291, (2016). 
 

T. Sakurahara, “Realizing the Benefits of Risk-Informed and Performance-Based (RIPB) Approaches,” Invited Talk in a Panel Session at the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting and Technology Expo, Phoenix, AZ, Nov. 2022. 
 
T. Sakurahara, "Toward Developing a Fusion Risk Assessment & Management (FRAM) Framework," Colloquium at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, Mar. 2024. 
 
T. Sakurahara, "An Integrated Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methodology to Support Enhanced Use of Risk Information for Nuclear Power Systems," Seminar at the Industrial Engineering Research Department, Université Paris-Saclay, Virtual, Sep. 2023 
 
T. Sakurahara, “Advancing Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants Bridging Foundational Risk Analysis Research with Industry & Regulatory Needs at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,” Seminar at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Virtual, Aug. 2021. 
 
T. Sakurahara, Z. Mohaghegh, J. Pence, E. Kee, “Probabilistic Risk Assessment Research & Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,” Seminar at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2019. 

R. Fisher, S. Fargusson, J. Mitstifer, J. Beal, H. Bui, P. Farshadmanesh, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, "On Modeling Human-Digital Twin Interactions and their Safety Risk Impact in Nuclear Power Plants," Proceedings of Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM) Topical Meeting on Artificial Intelligence and Risk Analysis, Virtual, (2023). 
 
K. Shimada, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, Z. Mohaghegh, “Integration of Evacuation Simulation with a Level 3 PRA Code for Nuclear Power Plants,” Proceedings of 2020 Asian Symposium on Risk Assessment and Management Conference (ASRAM2020), Virtual, (2020). 
 
T. Sakurahara, H. Bui, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Enhancing Realism in Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants,” Proceedings of 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference & the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 & PSAM15), Virtual, (2020).  
 
J. Beal, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “An Algorithm for Risk-Informed Analysis of Advanced Reactors with a Case Study of Pipe Failure Rate Estimation,” Proceedings of 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference & 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 & PSAM15), Virtual, (2020). 
 
S. Alkhatib, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, B. Ratte, Z. Mohaghegh, “Academia-Industry Collaboration to Advance Screening Processes in Fire PRA of Nuclear Power Plants,” Proceedings of 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference & 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 & PSAM15), Virtual, 2020.  

T. Sakurahara, Z. Mohaghegh, “Risk-informed Analysis for Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors: Pipe Reliability Case Study and Lessons Learned,” Presentation at the 16th Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management Conference (PSAM 16) Honolulu, HI, (2022). 
 
T. Sakurahara, S. Alkhatib, M. Albati, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, T.L.v. Thaden, R. Kesler, F. Masoud, K. Kaspar, B. Ratté, M.A. Billings, “Academia-Industry Collaboration to Advance Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants,” Presentation at the 16th Probabilistic Safety Assessment & Management Conference (PSAM 16), Honolulu, HI, (2022). 
 
P. Farshadmanesh, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, E. Kee, Z. Mohaghegh, “Risk-Informed Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant FLEX Storage Building,” Presentation at the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference & 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 & PSAM15), Virtual, (2020). 
 
J. Pence, J. Yang, P. Farshadmanesh, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, Z. Mohaghegh, “Theory-Guided Machine Learning for Licensee Event Reports of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants to Quantify Organizational Factors in Probabilistic Risk Assessment,” Presentation at the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference & 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 & PSAM15), Virtual, (2020). 
 
J. Yang, J. Pence, P. Farshadmanesh, T. Sakurahara, S. Reihani, C. Blake, Z. Mohaghegh, “Equipping Machine Learning with Uncertainty Quantification to Update Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants using NRC Licensee Event Reports,” Presentation at the 2020 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting, Virtual, (2020).