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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Kane
Session Chair:
Carol S. Smidts
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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MESAC - A Model-Based Approach for the Safety Analysis of Crane Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Hervé Mbonjo (GRS gGmbH), Korn Christian (GRS gGmbH), Gebhardt Patrick (GRS gGmbH), Shvab Jaroslaw (GRS gGmbH), Ewgenij Piljugin (Gesellschaft f. Anlagen u. Reaktorsich)
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Formal Safety Assessment Methods in Olkiluoto 1&2 NPP I&C Renewal Project DIMA
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Antti Pakonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.), Lauri Tuominen (TVO), Mauri Viitasalo (TVO), Pekka Nuutinen (TVO)
Experiment Design for Validating the Instrumentation and Control Design Evaluation Method
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Xiaoxu Diao (The Ohio State University), Pavan Kumar Vaddi (The Ohio State University), Carol S. Smidts (The Ohio State University)
A Time Series Forecasting Technical Validation of the PRIMaL Dataset Benchmark
4:15–4:35PM CDT
William S. Richards (Purdue Univ.), Zachery T. Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
Multi-Agent AI Collaboration for Digital Twin Development and Assessment
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Paridhi Athe (NCSU), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Linyu Lin (INL)
Comparing Control Performance Between Simulation and Experiment Using the Microreactor Automated Control System Testbed
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Jacob A. Farber (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL), Maria Coelho (INL), Marcio de Queiroz (INL), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL)
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