Risk & Safety Assessment
The fusion industry is rapidly emerging and pursuing a variety of new technology design concepts. We are working to update prior safety studies and to develop a risk-informed licensing framework.
Research Faculty & Staff
Juliana Pacheco Duarte
RESEARCH LEAD
Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
Research focus areas: Safety and risk analysis of advanced nuclear systems and fusion machines, two-phase heat transfer, computational thermal-hydraulic analysis and system codes
Vicki Bier
Professor Emerita, Industrial & Systems Engineering and Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
Research focus areas: Risk analysis in nuclear-power safety, radiation and regulatory standards
Anthony Garcia
Research Assistant, Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
Research focus areas: Safety and risk analysis of advanced nuclear systems and fusion machines
Donkoan Hwang
Postdoctoral Researcher, Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
Research focus areas: Fusion system safety, safety strategies for fusion power plants, liquid metal magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), thermal-hydraulics, multiphase flow phenomena in fusion energy systems
Fusion Impacts Collaborative
A cross-disciplinary research initiative at the University of Wisconsin–Madison focused on the responsible development and deployment of fusion energy.