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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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EnergySolutions to help explore advanced reactor development in Utah
Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced that it has signed a memorandum of understating with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) site near Delta, Utah.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Operation, Performance and Reliability Management
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm D
Session Chair:
Melanie Joseph (Studsvik)
Session Organizers:
Chad J. Boyer (EPRI)
Track Organizers:
Alternate Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (TerraPower)
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Physics Constrained Reinforcement Learning for Improved Control of Transient Maneuvers in Nuclear Power Plants
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Aidan Rigby (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael J. Wagner (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Daniel Mikkelson (INL), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Statistical and Neural Network for Real Sensor-Data-Driven Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Applications
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Imtiaz Nasim (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Joshua E. Daw (INL), Mingyue Ji (Univ. Utah), Sneha Kasera Kumar (Univ. Utah)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Presentation ppt file Imtiaz
Physics-Based Machine Learning Framework for Inferring Remaining Useful Life of Feedwater Heaters
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Yeni Li (ANL), Akshay J. Dave (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
Using Generative AI to Implement the Discrepancy Checker for a Nearly Autonomous Management and Control System for Advanced Reactors
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Paridhi Athe (NCSU), Linyu Lin (INL), Nam Dinh (NCSU)
Digital-Twin-Enabling Technologies for Online Condition Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant Components
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Edward Chen (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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