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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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IAEA program uses radioisotopes to protect rhinos
After two years of testing, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have begun officially implementing the Rhisotope Project, an innovative effort to combat rhino poaching and trafficking by leveraging nuclear technology.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Los Angeles
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William C. Eason (ANS)
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Adam J. Carroll
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Developing a Dual-Arm Gantry Digital Twin for Nuclear Waste Management with Isaac Sim
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Brian Archambault (ANL), Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Young S. Park (ANL)
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Planning & Execution of Complex Contact Tasks for Maintenance in Hazardous Environments
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Emmanuel Akita (Univ. Texas, Austin), Fabian Parra (Univ. Texas, Austin), Young Soo Park (ANL), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
InSitu: Task-Based Overlays for Enhancing Situational Awareness in Hazardous Teleoperation
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Emmanuel Akita (Univ. Texas, Austin), Guy Zaidner (Robotics Laboratory, Nuclear Research Center, Negev, Israel), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Learning from Demonstration for Robotic Nuclear Waste Management: A DMP-Based Approach
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Hamza Muzammal (ANL), Joong-Ku Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Young S. Park (ANL), Hyeonseok Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Jeehwan Ryu (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Venugopal K. Varma (ORNL)
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