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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Jefferson Lab awarded $8M for accelerator technology to enable transmutation
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is leading research supported by two Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) grants aimed at developing accelerator technology to enable nuclear waste recycling, decreasing the half-life of spent nuclear fuel.
Both grants, totaling $8.17 million in combined funding, were awarded through the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program, which aims to enable the transmutation of nuclear fuels by funding novel technologies for improving the performance of particle generation systems.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom B
Session Chair:
Subash L. Sharma
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Xu Wu
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A Machine Learning Approach for Calculating Drift Velocity in Two-Phase Flow
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Tristan R. Villarreal (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan Rozak (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole Gentry (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Advancing Nuclear R&D with Large Language Models: Case Studies in Thermal Hydraulics, Simulation Workflows, and Education
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Yang Liu (TAMU), Zavier Ndum (TAMU), Abhiram Garimidi (TAMU), Zaid Abulawi (TAMU), Doyeong Lim (TAMU)
Deep Learning Based Accident Classification Method for Condition Monitoring of Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactors
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Ik Jae Jin (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Void Fraction Prediction in Upward and Downward Two-Phase Flows
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Davide Rotilio (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jacob Petersen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Developing Reduced-Order Models with Machine Learning for Gas Flow in Pebble Bed Reactors
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Dezhi Dai (ANL), Haoyu Wang (ANL), Haomin Yuan (ANL)
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