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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Jefferson Lab awarded $8M for accelerator technology to enable transmutation
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is leading research supported by two Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) grants aimed at developing accelerator technology to enable nuclear waste recycling, decreasing the half-life of spent nuclear fuel.
Both grants, totaling $8.17 million in combined funding, were awarded through the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation Optimized Now (NEWTON) program, which aims to enable the transmutation of nuclear fuels by funding novel technologies for improving the performance of particle generation systems.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:15PM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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From Simulation to Degradation Estimation: A Digital Twin Case Study of Feedwater Heater
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yeni Li (ANL), Akshay J. Dave (ANL), Thomas W. Elmer (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
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Heat Pipe CFD Model Validation & Data Generation Strategy to Aid Real-Time Prediction with Neural Operators
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Jack Gerrity (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Arnav Goyal (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Logan Schultz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Implementation and Demonstration of the Digital-Twin Certification System Remote-Operations Framework
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Joseph Oncken (INL), Thomas Ulrich (INL), Jack Cavaluzzi (INL)
Securing SDN-Based Advanced Reactors Against DDoS Attacks Using Quantum-Inspired Ensemble Models
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Jahangir Alam (UTEP), Ismail Hossain (UTEP), Sai Puppala (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Kazuma Kobayashi (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Samrendra Roy (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Syed Bahauddin Alam (UIUC), Sajedul Talukder (UTEP)
Digital Controls and Simulation Driven Digital Twins
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Robert T. England (Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division)
Risk-Informed Graded Approach for Reliability and Performance Assessment of Sensor and Instrumentation Systems Within Advanced Condition Monitoring Technologies
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Edward Chen (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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