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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Columbia 5-8
Session Chair:
Han Bao
Alternate Chair:
Majdi I. Radaideh
Session Organizer:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
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Machine-Learning-Aided Approach for Predicting the Thermal Expansion Behaviors in Advanced Test Reactor Capsules
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Takanori Kajihara (INL), Han Bao (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Colby B. Jensen (INL), Daniel B. Chapman (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Austin D. Fleming (INL)
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Investigation of Machine Learning Regression Techniques to Predict Critical Heat Flux over a Large Parameter Space
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Emil Helmryd Grosfilley (Uppsala Univ.), Gustav Robertson (Uppsala Univ.), Jerol Soibam (Mälardalen Univ.), Jean-Marie Le Corre (Westinghouse Electric Sweden)
Using Machine Learning to Assess Spill Fire Data for use in Fire PRA
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Mehran Islam (Virginia Tech), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Machine Learning from LES Data to Improve Coarse Grid RANS Simulations
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Arsen S. Iskhakov (NCSU), Taylor Grubbs (NCSU), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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