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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Argonne creates new methodology for digital twins
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Argonne National Laboratory has added a new twist to digital twin technology for research into nuclear energy. According to Rui Hu, a principal nuclear engineer at Argonne, “Our digital twin technology introduces a significant step toward understanding and managing advanced nuclear reactors, enabling us to predict and respond to changes with the required speed and accuracy.”
The research of Hu and his colleagues, “Development of Whole System Digital Twins for Advanced Reactors: Leveraging Graph Neural Networks and SAM Simulations,” was published in the American Nuclear Society journal Nuclear Technology.
Virtual representation: A digital twin technology is an accurate virtual representation of a complex system. It is updated with real-time data from sensors applied to the physical system, such as a nuclear reactor.
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3:15–5:00PM CDT
Chicago Ballroom G
Session Chair: Stephanie L. Morrow|Alternate Chair: Jari O. Laarni
Panel|Clark
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Pattrick Calderoni
Chicago Ballroom E
Session Chair: Brendan Kochunas|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Chicago Ballroom H
Session Chair: Espen Nystad|Alternate Chairs: Anna Hall, Anna Hall
Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair: Xingang Zhao|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
10:00–11:45AM CDT
Session Chair: Anna Hall|Alternate Chair: Jari O. Laarni
Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble|Alternate Chair: Xingang Zhao
Session Chair: Matthew L. Dennis|Alternate Chair: Stephanie L. Morrow
Session Chair: Pradeep Ramuhalli|Alternate Chair: Brendan M. Kochunas
Session Chair: Rylee Runyon|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub
Session Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis|Alternate Chair: Konstantinos Gkouliaras
1:00–2:45PM CDT
Session Chair: Jason Castro|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Dinesh Taneja|Alternate Chair: Andrew M. Nack
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim e Silva|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Session Chair: Nancy J. Lybeck|Alternate Chair: Yunfei Zhao
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Antonio Di Buono
Session Chair: Vivek Agarwal|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Sajedul Talukder|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Antonio Di Buono|Alternate Chair: Jamie B. Coble
Session Chair: Casey R. Kovesdi|Alternate Chair: Niav M. Hughes Green
Session Chair: Nelly Ngoy Kubelwa|Alternate Chair: Yun Goo Kim
Session Chair: Man Gyun Na|Alternate Chair: Johannes Pickelmann
Session Chair: David Allison|Alternate Chair: Fan Zhang
Kane
Session Chair: Edward L. Quinn|Alternate Chair: Ian Jung
Session Chair: Niav M. Hughes Green|Alternate Chair: Casey R. Kovesdi
Session Chair: Rodney Busquim e Silva|Alternate Chair: Xingang Zhao
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Carol S. Smidts
Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble|Alternate Chair: Vivek Agarwal
Session Chair: Angela Di Fulvio|Alternate Chair: Shoaib Usman
Session Chair: Sajedul Talukder|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Fan Zhang|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Diego Mandelli|Alternate Chair: Jonghyun Kim
Session Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam|Alternate Chair: Jamie Coble
Session Chair: Michael T. Rowland|Alternate Chair: Joseph Oncken
Session Chair: Magnhild Kaarstad|Alternate Chair: Espen Nystad
Session Chair: Hyun Gook Kang|Alternate Chair: Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Chair: Ge Yang|Alternate Chair: Shoaib Usman
Session Chair: N. Dianne B. Ezell|Alternate Chair: Hyun Gook Kang
Session Chair: Jamie B. Coble|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Carol S. Smidts|Alternate Chair: Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Chair: Samir Darbali|Alternate Chair: Pareez Golub