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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
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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Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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Sequential Deep Operator Network for Time-Series Nuclear System Monitoring
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Samrendra Roy (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Mehedi H. Tusar (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Sajedul Talukder (University of Texas EL Paso), Syed B. Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Paper
A Formal Method for I&C Predictability Based on Timed Colored Petri Nets and Their Formal Series in the Tropical Algebra
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Louis Bal dit Sollier (PRISME, EDF Research and Development), Alain Ourghanlian (PRISME, EDF Research and Development)
Predicting Minute-Level Power Grid Conditions Using Generative Adversarial Networks
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Umme Mahbuba Nabila (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109), Gavin McDuffee (Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505, USA), Xingang Zhao (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA), William L. Gurecky (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA), Pradeep Ramuhalli (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA), Majdi I. Radaideh (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109,USA)
Using a Large Language Model for Accurate Technical Language Generation in the Predictive Maintenance of Circulating Water Systems in Nuclear Power Plants
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Linyu Lin (INL), Thomas Reeves (University of Southern California), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Failure Prediction of Electronic Components in Reactor Protection System Using LSTM with MC Dropout Technique
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Hye Seon Jo (Chosun university), HO JUN LEE (Chosun university), Man Gyun Na (Chosun University)
Safe Use of AI as Part of the Control Loop in Nuclear Facilities
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Rune Winther (Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)), Sizarta Sarshar (Institute for Energy Technology (IFE))
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