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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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American Nuclear Society condemns attack on UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) issued the following statement:
"The American Nuclear Society condemns today's drone attack on the outer perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates. The IAEA has confirmed that radiation levels are normal and no injuries have been reported. The safety systems performed as designed, a demonstration of the layered protections built into robust modern nuclear facilities. Incidents like this reinforce the importance of the IAEA's calls for maximum military restraint around nuclear power reactors, and of full adherence by all combatants to the IAEA's seven pillars for nuclear safety and security during armed conflict."
Technical Session|Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
Saturday, April 6, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Engineering Services Building Room 122
Session Chair:
Alexander S. Hauck (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Aaron P. Fjeldsted (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Investigation of Alternative Materials For Neutron Spectrum Hardening
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Nikolaus R. Kemper (Penn State), Amanda M. Johnsen (Penn State)
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Multiphysics Explicit Simulation of Randomly Distributed TRISO Fuel Particles
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Aya Hegazy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan Uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
A High-Fidelity Multiphysics Computational Model for Pebble Bed Gas Reactor Based on Open-Source Software
10:55–11:15AM EDT
KASHMINDER S. MEHTA (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to the Temperature Reconstruction of Heated Surfaces.
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Luiz C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), Victor Coppo Leite (INL), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Lesley Wright (TAMU), Pramatha Bhat (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU), Lander Ibarra (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL)
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