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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Technical Session|Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
Friday, April 4, 2025|9:00–10:20AM MDT|Santa Ana AB
Session Chair:
Mekiel Olguin
Alternate Chair:
Liam Pohlmann
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Recurrent Neural Networks to Predict Reactor Operations using Physics-Informed Data and Rolling Statistics
9:00–9:20AM MDT
Jaden Palmer (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL), Ashley Shields (INL)
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Computational Error Field Validation Experiments on HIDRA
9:20–9:40AM MDT
Arnav Goyal (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven Gula (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nina Mihajlov (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Daniel E. Andruczyk (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
OpenMC Validation Using Neutron Activation Experimental Data
9:40–10:00AM MDT
Saurav Bastola (Univ. Texas, Austin), Haider A. Nazir (Univ. Texas, Austin), Maximilian Vreclj (Univ. Texas, Austin), Madison Brooks (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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