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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Kane
Session Chair:
Sajedul Talukder
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Vision-Driven Fault Detection and Diagnostic in Nuclear Power Plants Using Large Language Models
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Jean C. Tonday Rodriguez (Florida International University), Dipan Sadekeen (Florida International University), Mohammed A. Rahman (Florida International University), Syed B. Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
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Enhancing Learning for Nuclear Reactor Operator Trainees with Large Language Models
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Jason P. Clifford (NCSU), Julianna M. White (NCSU), Alexander Heifetz (ANL), Ayman I. Hawari (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU)
LLM-Powered Chatbot for Safety Compliance Assistance in Nuclear Power Plants
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Ismail Hossain (UTEP), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Md J. Alam (University of Texas at El Paso), Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Samrendra Roy (Young Members Group), Syed Bahauddin Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (UTEP)
Automated Generation of System Code Inputs from P&IDs Using Vision-Language Models
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Akshay Dave (ANL), Tim Nguyen (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
Evaluating Economic Impact: An Investment Tool for Large Language Model Integration in Workweek Management
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Chaitee M. Godbole (INL), John Johnson (University of Minnesota), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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