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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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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
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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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Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Risk-informed Graded Approach for Reliability and Performance Assessment of Instrumentation and Sensor Systems within Advanced Condition Monitoring Technologies
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Edward Chen (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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From Simulation to Degradation Estimation: A Digital Twin Case Study of Feedwater Heater
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Yeni Li (ANL), Akshay Dave (ANL), Thomas Elmer (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
Heat Pipe CFD Model Validation & Data Generation Strategy to Aid Real-Time Prediction with Neural Operators
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Jack Gerrity (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Arnav Goyal (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Logan M. Schultz (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Implementation and Demonstration of the Digital-Twin Certification System Remote-Operations Framework
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Joseph Oncken (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL), Jack M. Cavaluzzi (INL)
Securing SDN-Based Advanced Reactors Against DDoS Attacks Using Quantum-Inspired Ensemble Models
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Sajedul Talukder (UTEP), Md Jahangir Alam (UTEP), Syed Bahauddin Alam (UIUC)
Digital Controls and Simulation Driven Digital Twins
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Robert T. England (Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division)
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