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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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MIT-led model simulates radionuclide migration in geologic disposal systems
Researchers with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Orléans, have modeled radionuclide behavior in deep geologic formations, offering a tool for developing a defensible safety case for the underground disposal of radioactive waste.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MCD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine B
Session Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Alternate Chair:
Yifeng Che (INL)
Session Organizer:
Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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Uncertainty Analysis on the Pump Flow Transient Phenomena in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Paper
The Effect of the State-of-Knowledge Correlation in PSA Depending on the Type of Uncertainty Distributions
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Gyun Seob Song (Chung-Ang Univ.), Man Cheol Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.)
Optimization and Analysis of LSTM-Based Surrogate Modeling of Metallic Nuclear Fuels
8:40–9:00AM PDT
James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ayodeji Alajo (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Predicting Heat Release Rates of Electrical Enclosures Using Machine Learning
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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