Bengt Lydell

<p><strong>Bengt Olof Yngve Lydell </strong>brings over fifty years of extensive experience in applied risk and reliability analysis, with a particular focus on passive component reliability, risk-informed in-service inspection, and reliability and integrity management (RIM). His expertise has been instrumental in numerous probabilistic safety analysis projects both in the United States and internationally. From 2003 to 2005, he served on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Expert Panel on Loss-of-Coolant Accident Frequency (NUREG-1829). In 2024, he contributed to the Commission's re-evaluation of the findings from this pivotal work. Since 2002, he has acted as the Operating Agent for various OECD Nuclear Energy Agency database projects related to piping and non-piping passive components, including OPDE (2002&shy;-2011), SCAP-SCC (2006-2010), and CODAP (2011-present). As Project Chairperson, Lydell supported the International Atomic Energy Agency&rsquo;s Coordinated Research Project (CRP) from 2018 to 2022, focusing on the "Methodology for Assessing Pipe Failure Rates in Advanced Water-Cooled Reactors" (IAEA-TECDOC-1988 and NES NR-T-2.16). Moreover, he led the Evaluation Group on Pipe Failure Probability Analysis during the OECD/NEA and EC-JRC coordinated RI-ISI methodologies benchmark (RISMET) from 2006 to 2008. A dedicated member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Lydell's deep knowledge and commitment to safety and reliability continue to shape the field of nuclear engineering. He received a Master's in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology.</p>