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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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WIPP’s SSCVS: A breath of fresh air
This spring, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that it had achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility—a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the DOE’s geologic repository for defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in New Mexico.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|El Capitan B
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Early Stage Application of Machine Learning to Enhance Image Quality of Ultrasonic Transducers for Under Sodium Viewing
G. Kinzler (Univ. Pittsburgh), H. Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Paper
Image Synthesis of Nuclear Data Using Deceptive Infusion of Data
Arvind Sundaram (Purdue), Tyler Lewis (Purdue), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)
Augmented Data Generation for Thermocouple Sensors Time Series with Generative Adversarial Network
Stella Pantopoulou (Purdue), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Anthonie Cilliers (Kairos Power), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
A Data-Driven Feature Extraction Approach for Subtle Variation Detection
Yeni Li (Purdue), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)
Physics-Informed Neural Network Solution of Point Kinetics Equations for Development of Small Modular Reactor Digital Twin
Konstantinos Prantikos (Purdue), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
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