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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Nuclear methods for screwworm eradication
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced the launch of a coordinated research project focused on a nuclear technique that can tackle the reemergence of New World screwworm (NWS) in Central America, Mexico, and the United States.
Technical Session
Tuesday, May 17, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Pointview
Session Chair:
Benoit Forget (MIT)
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Alternate Chair:
Benjamin S. Collins (U. of Texas)
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PWR Loading Pattern Optimization with Reinforcement Learning
Paul Seurin (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
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Parallel Simulated Annealing with Embedded Machine Learning and Multifidelity Models for Reactor Core Design
William Gurecky (ORNL), Ben Collins (ORNL), Paul Laiu (ORNL), Tara Pandya (ORNL), Quincy Huhn (TAMU), Dave Kropaczek (ORNL)
Group Structure Selection with Random Forests
Vishnu Nair (LANL), Thomas Saller (LANL), Andrew Till (LANL), Nathan Gibson (LANL)
Extension of the PINN Diffusion Model to k-eigenvalue Problems
Mohamed H. Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)