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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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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
Standards Program
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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Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD|Cosponsored by AAD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Los Angeles
Session Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
Alternate Chair:
Lin Shao
Session Organizer:
Elia Merzari
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Developing Microstructurally Accurate Finite Element Meshes for Nuclear Fuels from 3D FIB Tomography Data
3:15–3:25PM CDT
Cade A. Finney (Univ. Florida), Mitchell Mika (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Paper
Automatic Feature Segmentation of TRISO Fuel Cross-Sections Through Machine Learning
3:25–3:35PM CDT
Lu Cai (Idaho National Laborary), Fei Xu (INL), Min Xian (University of Idaho), Yalei Tang (INL), Liang Zhao (INL), John Stempien (INL)
Thermal Stability and Strengthening Mechanism of BNNT Reinforced 316L Stainless Steel Composites
3:35–3:45PM CDT
Jingfan Yang (INL), Xinchang Zhang (INL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Assessing High Burnup U-19Pu-10Zr Fuel Performance Against Historical and Modeled Behavior
3:45–3:55PM CDT
Allison R. Probert (Univ. Florida), Alexander L. Swearingen (INL), Jason Schulthess (INL), Luca Capriotti (INL), Colby B. Jensen (INL), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Lattice Structured Lightweight Structural Materials
3:55–4:05PM CDT
Rongjie Song (INL), Michael Moorehead (INL), Dewen Yushu (INL), Jingfan Yang (INL), Jia-Hong Ke (INL)
Initial Characterization of 80 MeV Xe Irradiated UN at 400-500 °C
4:05–4:15PM CDT
Ryan Crichton (ANL), Peter Mouche (ANL), Aaron Oaks (ANL), William Limestall (Argonne National Laboratory; Illinois Institute of Technology), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL), Laura M. Jamison (ANL)
Code Qualification of Alloy 709 for High Temperature Reactor Applications
4:15–4:25PM CDT
Yanli Wang (ORNL), T.-L. Sham (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), R. Wright (Structural Alloys, LLC.), X. Zhang (ANL), M. C. Messner (ANL), R. Bass (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), H. Mahajan (INL), Z. Feng (ORNL)
Advanced Moderator Module (AMM) Development for Microreactors
4:25–4:35PM CDT
Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Caitlin A. Kohnert (LANL), Michael Hahn (LANL), Thomas J. Nizolek (LANL), Erik P. Luther (LANL), Holly R. Trellue (LANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
The Role of Stoichiometry in High-Temperature Ceramic FCCI Barriers
4:35–4:45PM CDT
Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Zhi-Gang Mei (ANL), Shipeng Shu (ANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
Design Optimization of the FRIB Beam Dump Through Reinforcement Learning with Genetic Algorithm
4:45–4:55PM CDT
Geunhyeong Lee (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Jeongseog Song (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Mohit Patil (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Raul Quispe-Abad (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Nathan Bultman (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams), Takuji Kanemura (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams)
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