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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Aalo and Antares progress on Reactor Pilot Program
Two participants in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program have recently announced significant milestones on their associated reactor projects. Aalo Atomics successfully completed its final design review (FDR), and Antares Nuclear has received DOE approval of its preliminary documented safety analysis (PDSA).
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 5
Session Chair:
Dawn M. Scates (INL)
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Considerations for Introducing Artificial Intelligence into Nuclear Power Plants
1:00–1:07PM MDT
Anna Hall (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Presented by Cody Walker (INL)
Paper
AI/ML Lock and Key: A Methodology to Verify Unaltered AI/ML Algorithms
1:07–1:14PM MDT
Shaw X. Wen (INL)
A Method for Software Failure Mode Quantification Under Limited Data Conditions
1:14–1:21PM MDT
Tate Shorthill (INL), Han Bao (INL), Edward Chen (INL), Heng Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh)
A Review of Mobile Robot Technology for Security Applications at Nuclear Facilities
1:21–1:28PM MDT
Ujwal Sharma (Idaho State), Uma Shankar Medasetti (Idaho State), Taher Deemyad (Idaho State), Mustafa Mashal (Idaho State), Vaibhav Yadav (INL)
Presented by Robby Christian (INL)
Autonomous 3D Radiation Mapping on Robots for Efficient Monitoring of Next Generation Reactors
1:28–1:35PM MDT
Andy Haefner (Gamma Reality), Erika Suzuki (Gamma Reality), R. Pavlovsky (Gamma Reality), P. Proctor (Gamma Reality), L. Peterson (Gamma Reality), S. DuBridge (Gamma Reality), J. Oshiro (Gamma Reality)
Exploring the Efficacy of LLMs in Decision-Making for a Specific Use Case in Nuclear Power Plants
1:35–1:42PM MDT
Norman John Mapes Jr. (INL), Brian Wilcken (INL), Kellen Giraud (INL), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL)
Creating Physics-Informed Synthetic Data to Train a Digital Twin for Predicting Reactor Operations
1:42–1:49PM MDT
Jaden Palmer (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL), Ashley Shields (INL), Christopher Ritter (INL)
Development of Machine Learning-Based Electrochemical Monitoring for Molten Chloride Salt Reactors
1:49–1:56PM MDT
Wonseok Yang (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyeongbin Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Jihun Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Saehyun Choi (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Sungyeol Choi (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Machine Learning Approach to Improve the Resolution Limitations of Aerosol Measuring Equipment
1:56–2:03PM MDT
Hyunjin Boo (Soonchunhyang Univ.), Min-Ho Lee (FNC Technology Co.), Byung Gi Park (Soonchunhyang Univ.)
Source Term Modeling for Advanced Gas Micro-Reactors
2:03–2:10PM MDT
Alexandra Raichart (INL), Benjamin Stoyer (INL), David Petti (INL)
Material and Ground Activation from Minimally Shielded Transportable Reactor
2:10–2:17PM MDT
R. Demuth (Univ. South Carolina), A. Horwood (Univ. South Carolina), S. Bays (INL), M. Phipps (Univ. South Carolina), T. Knight (Univ. South Carolina)
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