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November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney
Alternate Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Session Organizer:
Andrew J. Clark
Staff Producer:
Erica McGowan (ANS)
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A Risk-Informed Approach for Prioritizing Radionuclide Transport Data Needs
Alexander J. Huning (ORNL), Thomas J. Harrison (ORNL)
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A Comparative Study of BPNN, CNN, and LSTM Neural Network Models for Nuclear Power Plant Accident Diagnosis
Ben Qi (Tsinghua Univ.), Jingang Liang (Tsinghua Univ.), Liguo Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.)
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Microreactor MC&A Regulatory and Technical Considerations
R. K. Weinmann-Smith (LANL), A. Sagadevan (LANL), C.L. Morris (LANL), E. Guardincerri (LANL), M. Carpenter (LANL), M. Gehring (LANL), H. Trellue (LANL), V. Mehta (LANL), M.C. Browne (LANL)
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