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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 7, 2025|3:15–4:55PM CDT|Brentwood/Franklin
Session Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Co-Chair:
Paul Clifford
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Machine Learning Critical Heat Flux Modeling for PWR Design Applications
3:15–3:40PM CDT
Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alexander Mace (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sukhwans Singh (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Bettencourt (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yixing Sung (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Mario Buczkowski (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Raji Kosloske (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Aral Muftuoglu (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Gregory R. Williams (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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A Machine Learning Approach Towards Improving QA/QC of Coated Particle Fuels
3:40–4:05PM CDT
Bryan Conry (ORNL), Grant Helmreich (ORNL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL)
Extending the Deep Learning Based Thermal Limit Bias Reduction Methodology to Multiple Boiling Water Reactors
4:05–4:30PM CDT
Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Sanchari Banerjee (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
Neural Network-Based Surrogate Modeling for Accelerating BWR Equilibrium Cycle Optimization
4:30–4:55PM CDT
Maria Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), Michael J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), M. Rizki Oktavian (Blue Wave AI Labs), Anirudh Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), Phil McCalley (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jordan Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Thomas Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), Jonathan Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs)
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