The Ohio State University

Professor


B.E., Engineering Physics, Cornell University
MS, Nuclear Engineering, University of Florida
PhD 1967, Nuclear Engineering, University of Florida

Room E420
201 W. 19th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210

614-292-5736

Email: denning.8

Research

Research interests include probabilistic risk analysis of nuclear facilities, severe accident behavior of nuclear power plants, the design of inherently safe reactors, and reactor physics. Dr. Denning also holds the position Sr. Research Leader at Battelle Memorial Institute where he has responsibility for safety system upgrades in a major DOE program to improve the safety of Russian nuclear power plants.

In 2004 he was appointed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Selected Publications

1. R.S. Denning et al., “Aerosol Transport in PBMR Accidents,” ICAPP ’04, June 2004.
2. M.Mkhosi, R.S. Denning and S. Nakamura, “The Application of Advanced Computational Methods to the Modeling of PBMR Source Terms,” ICONE-12, April 2004.
3. R. S. Denning et. al., “Guidelines for the Performance of Nonproliferation Assessments,” International Workshop on Nonproliferation Assessment, Obninsk, Russia, June 2003.
4. R. S. Denning, et al. “Evaluation of the Costs and Benefits of an MPBR Containment Concept,” Penn State Student Conference, April 2002 (with two graduate students).
5. Denning, R. S., "The Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core: A Post-Mortem Examination", Annual Review Energy, Volume 10, 1985.