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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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ORNL–General Atomics partnership on ceramic matrix composites
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) with the objective of working together on advanced ceramic matrix composite materials for applications in extreme environments. Materials that can withstand extreme temperatures, radiation, corrosion, and mechanical stress are required in aerospace, defense, energy, and other sectors.
According to the agreement, the San Diego–based GA-EMS will use resources from ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to develop “scalable, efficient manufacturing techniques for extreme environment materials including precursors, fibers, composites, and coatings utilized in carbon/carbon (C/C), carbon/silicon carbide (C/SiC), and SiC/SiC composite systems.”
Technical Session|Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday, July 23, 2025|8:00–9:40AM EDT|Palm Room
Session Chair:
Jonathan M. Nistor
Alternate Chair:
James J. Tusar
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Thermal Limit Modeling for Core Design in Boiling Water Reactors Using Deterministic and Machine Learning Approaches
8:00–8:25AM EDT
M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), Charles Karlson (Blue Wave AI Labs), Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), Antti Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
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Design of Boiling Water Reactor Equilibrium Cycles using Genetic Algorithms with PARCS and Neural Network Surrogates
8:25–8:50AM EDT
Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Charles Karlson (Blue Wave AI Labs), Nathanael Hudson (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Peter Yarsky (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Nazila Tehrani (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Randall Dunavant (Southern Nuclear Co.), Aaron Phillippe (Southern Nuclear Co.), Ashley Thompson (Southern Nuclear Co.), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), Antti Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Investigation on Dimension Reduction Techniques for Visualization of Reactor Core Design Space
8:50–9:15AM EDT
Juan C. Luque-Gutierrez (NCSU), Jake Mikouchi-Lopez (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)
Development of CIPS Prediction Model of Nuclear Reactor Core Operation by Applying ViT and Encoder-Decoder
9:15–9:40AM EDT
Dongmin Yun (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Sang-Rae Moon (KHNP-CRI), Sung Jin Jeong (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Hyun Chul Lee (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Jihun Kim (BotBot Inc.), Ji Woo Lee (Universal Co.), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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