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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MCD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Armitage
Session Chair:
Xu Wu
Alternate Chair:
Sebastian Schunert
Session Organizer:
Koroush Shirvan
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Prediction of Startup Excess Reactivity in TRIGA MK II Reactor: A Neural Network Approach
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Jeongwon Seo (Univ. Texas, Austin), William S. Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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PINN-Based Online Monitoring for Detection of Sensor Drift
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Jiyong Lee (KAIST), Jonghyun Kim (KAIST)
Intelligent Prediction and Uncertainty Quantification of Reactivity-Induced Power Excursions in Molten Salt Reactors
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Hui-Yu Hsieh (TAMU), Thabit M. Abuqudaira (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Native Fortran Implementation of TensorFlow-Trained Deep and Bayesian Neural Networks
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Aidan J. Furlong (NCSU), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Xu Wu (NCSU)
Epistemic Uncertainty in Deep Learning Models and Its Application for Model Performance Improvement
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Junyong Bae (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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