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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
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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