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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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RIC session focuses on interagency collaboration
Attendees at last week’s 2026 Regulatory Information Conference, hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, saw extensive discussion of new reactor technologies, uprates, fusion, multiunit deployments, supply chain, and much more.
With the industry in a state of rapid evolution, there was much to discuss. Connected to all these topics was one central theme: the ongoing changes at the NRC. With massively shortened timelines, the ADVANCE Act and Executive Order 14300, and new interagency collaboration and authorization pathways in mind, speakers spent much of the RIC exploring what the road ahead looks like for the NRC.
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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