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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Technical Session|Special Topics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Marilyn Delgado (BWXT)
Alternate Chair:
Han Bao
Session Organizer:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
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Digital Twin Development for Advanced Reactor System Based on Graph Neural Networks Using SAM Code Simulation
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Yang Liu (ANL), Farah Alsafadi (NCSU), Travis Mui (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
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Introducing the OECD/NEA WPRS Benchmark on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Xu Wu (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU), Oliver Buss (OECD/NEA)
Application of a Physics-Informed Convolutional Neural Network for Temperature Field Monitoring in Advanced Reactors
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), April Novak (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Lander Ibarra (ANL)
Prediction of Turbulent Flow Regime Boundary and Pressure Drop for Hexagonal Wire-Wrapped Rod Assemblies Using Artificial Neural Networks
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Physics-Informed Forecasting of NPPs Operating Parameters Using Machine Learning
2:50–3:10PM EDT
Houde Song (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Meiqi Song (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Yanjie Tuo (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Xiaojing Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
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