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Division Spotlight
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
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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IEA report: Challenges need to be resolved to support global nuclear energy growth
The International Energy Agency published a new report this month outlining how continued innovation, government support, and new business models can unleash nuclear power expansion worldwide.
The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy report “reviews the status of nuclear energy around the world and explores risks related to policies, construction, and financing.”
Find the full report at IEA.org.
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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