
Dave Grabaskas
Group Manager, Licensing & Risk Assessments
Biography
Dave Grabaskas researches and applies qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and safety analysis methods. Techniques include fault tree/event tree (probabilistic risk analysis - PRA, quantitative risk analysis - QRA), success paths, FMEA, HAZOPs, reliability block diagrams, and bow tie analysis.
Research areas include:
• Real time risk management
• Passive safety system reliability
• Mechanistic source term assessment
• Risk-based/risk-informed regulations
• Innovative system/component reliability
• Statistical measures of uncertainty quantification
Committees:
- ASME/ANS Joint Committee on Nuclear Risk Management (JCNRM)
- Chair: Probabilistic Risk Assessment Standard for Advanced Non-Light Water Nuclear Power Plants
- Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Sodium Fast Reactor
- U.S. Alternate Representative: Safety and Operation Project Management Board
Education
PhD – Nuclear Engineering (Ohio State University) 2012
Dissertation: Efficient Approaches to the Treatment of Uncertainty in Satisfying Regulatory Limits
MS – Nuclear Engineering (Ohio State University) 2010
Thesis: Analysis of Transient Overpower Scenarios in Sodium Fast Reactors
BS – Mechanical Engineering (Ohio State University) 2008