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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Michigan/Texas
Session Chair:
Carlo Fiorina
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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OpenFSAM: An Open Source Simulated Annealing Module
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Nicholas F. Herring (NCSU), Yousry Y. Azmy (NCSU)
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — OpenFSAM
Optimization of Light Water Reactor Core Design Using a Genetic Algorithm in the RAVEN Framework
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Khang Nguyen (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU), Mohammad G. Abdo (INL), Junyung Kim (INL), Congjian Wang (INL), Yong-Joon Choi (INL)
SFR versus LFR Fuel Cycle Cost Comparison
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Khaldoon A. Al-Dawood (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)
Coupling of Python Optimization Library mlrose and SIMULATE-3 for SMR Core Design
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Noah M. Marks (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Pin Power Calculation on BWR Colorset with Machine-Learning-Aided Reactor Physics Simulation
4:35–4:55PM EDT
M.R. Oktavian (Purdue), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), J.T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Y. Xu (Purdue)
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