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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Hyun Gook Kang
Alternate Chair:
Carol S. Smidts
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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The Technical, Economic, Risk, and Adoption Assessment for Evaluating Innovation Projects in the Nuclear Industry
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Ryan M. Spangler (Univ. Pittsburgh), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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Digital I&C Modernization Experience
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Christine Bürger (Framatome, Erlangen, Germany), J. Pflugbeil (Framatome, Erlangen, Germany), R. Heinesch (Framatome, Erlangen, Germany)
Intelligent Algorithms for Soft Sensing: Current Trends and Future Prospects for Real-Time Digital Twin Systems
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Samrendra Roy (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (University of Texas EL Paso), Syed B. Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Towards a Policy Framework for Semi-Autonomous, Highly Automated Remotely Operated(SAHARO) Nuclear Reactors
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Aidan Hallinan (MIT)
Joint Optimization of Nuclear System Repair and Inspection Planning to Reduce Maintenance Cost and Increase System Availability
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Yunfei Zhao (University of Maryland, College Park), Joseph F. O'Leary (University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering), Mohamed Nassar (University of Maryland, College Park)
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