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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Alternate Chair:
Vivek Agarwal
Session Organizer:
Xingang Zhao
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Knowledge-Driven Explainable AI for Automated Defect Detection in Nuclear Reactor Components
10:00–10:20AM CDT
A. Young (Univ. Strathclyde), J. Zabalza (Univ. Strathclyde), Z. Fei (Univ. Strathclyde), G. West (Univ. Strathclyde), P. Murray (Univ. Strathclyde), S. McArthur (Univ. Strathclyde)
Presented by Callum Manning (Univ. Strathclyde)
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System-Level Prognostics with Explainable Artificial Intelligence
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Ark Ifeanyi (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Mattia Zanotelli (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
AI for Interpreting Nuclear Power Plant Documents for Power Uprates
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Norman John Mapes Jr. (INL), Kellen Giraud (INL), Brian Wilcken (INL), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Marcio de Queiroz (INL)
Proximity-Based Anomaly Detection Using Graph Neural Networks for NPP Abnormal Operations
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Jeonghun Choi (KAERI), Seo Ryong Koo (KAERI)
Role of Uncertainty Quantification in the Explainability of Large Language Models for the Nuclear Industry
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Nancy J. Lybeck (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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