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November 8–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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Nuclear News 40 Under 40: The wait is over
Following the enthusiastic response from the nuclear community in 2024 for the inaugural NN 40 Under 40, the Nuclear News team knew we had to take up the difficult task in 2025 of turning it into an annual event—though there was plenty of uncertainty as to how the community would receive a second iteration this year. That uncertainty was unfounded, clearly, as the tight-knit nuclear community embraced the chance to celebrate its up-and-coming generation of scientists, engineers, and policy makers who are working to grow the influence of this oft-misunderstood technology.
Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Mu-Ping Xu, Jyh-Tong Teng, Te-Chuan Wang, Ray-Feng Chiang, Huey-Ling Hwu, Wang-Chyuan Chen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 163 | Number 3 | September 2008 | Pages 435-443
Technical Paper | Nuclear Plant Operations and Control | doi.org/10.13182/NT08-A4001
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While nuclear power has become the major source of electricity in many countries, its safety remains an important issue for many nuclear researchers and technologists. In this study, an advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) monitoring system is presented using the Modular Accident Analysis Program (MAAP) as a reactor simulator. The ABWR monitoring system was designed with a user-friendly graphical interface and computer processing that allows nuclear engineers and operators to "visualize" many MAAP parameters of the reactor and containment. Computer animations are also applied with respect to preselected MAAP parameters and six reactor scenarios that are of particular interest to nuclear technologists. Simulated results are presented to demonstrate the system using the six reactor/containment scenarios, and these six scenarios are typical as far as the progression of the events for the severe accidents is concerned. The preliminary results show that our ABWR monitoring system not only indicates if the reactor is under normal operations but also yields several warning messages if the reactor is under various conditions of concern. Therefore, our ABWR monitoring system could offer an effective and efficient display of plant data that helps nuclear engineers and operators maintain the steady state of the ABWR and provide plant data for the accident conditions, ultimately bringing the nuclear power plant to a safe-stable state.