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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Argonne creates new methodology for digital twins
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Argonne National Laboratory has added a new twist to digital twin technology for research into nuclear energy. According to Rui Hu, a principal nuclear engineer at Argonne, “Our digital twin technology introduces a significant step toward understanding and managing advanced nuclear reactors, enabling us to predict and respond to changes with the required speed and accuracy.”
The research of Hu and his colleagues, “Development of Whole System Digital Twins for Advanced Reactors: Leveraging Graph Neural Networks and SAM Simulations,” was published in the American Nuclear Society journal Nuclear Technology.
Virtual representation: A digital twin technology is an accurate virtual representation of a complex system. It is updated with real-time data from sensors applied to the physical system, such as a nuclear reactor.
General Chair:
Clarissa A. Yablinsky (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Program Chair:
Anne Campbell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Assistant Program Chair:
Maria A. Okuniewski (Purdue University)
Past Chair:
Todd Allen (University of Michigan, USA)
Organizing Committees:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (University of Florida)
Thak Sang Byun (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
M. Grace Burke (Idaho National Laboratory)
Jesse Carter (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Adrian Couet (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
Flyura Djurabekova (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Kevin Field (University of Michigan)
Sarah Finkeldi (University of California- Irvine)
Jian Gan (Idaho National Laboratory)
Andrew Hoffman (GE Research)
Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol, UK)
Stu Maloy (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins University)
Michael Tonks (University of Florida)
Gary Was (University of Michigan)
Janelle Wharry (Purdue University)
Yong Yang (University of Florida)
Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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