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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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World Bank, IAEA partner to fund nuclear energy
The World Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement last week to cooperate on the construction and financing of advanced nuclear projects in developing countries, marking the first partnership since the bank ended its ban on funding for nuclear energy projects.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Monday, June 13, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|El Capitan B
Session Chair:
Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Root Cause Analysis for Condition Monitoring Using Bayesian Networks
Abhimanyu Kapuria (Univ. Pittsburgh), Ryan M. Spangler (Univ. Pittsburgh), Robert S. Lois (Univ. Pittsburgh), Daniel G. Cole (Univ. Pittsburgh)
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Digital Twin Reliability Diagnostics for SC-HTGR Using Metroscope
Sean Kolesar (Framatome), Todd Matthews (Framatome), Pascal Brocheny (Framatome)
Toward Health Management of Active Components During Operational Transients in SMRs
Matthew Scott (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Operations and Maintenance Decision-Making with Dynamic Bayesian Networks and Monte Carlo Tree Search
Ryan M. Spangler (Univ. Pittsburgh), Abhimanyu Kapuria (Univ. Pittsburgh), Robert S. Lois (Univ. Pittsburgh), Daniel G. Cole (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Mitigating Risks for Nuclear Power Plant Supply Chains Using Particle Filters and Bayesian Networks
Robert S. Lois (Univ. Pittsburgh), Ryan M. Spangler (Univ. Pittsburgh), Abhimanyu Kapuria (Univ. Pittsburgh), Daniel G. Cole (Univ. Pittsburgh)
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