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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Browns Ferry’s reactors receive subsequent license renewals
The operating licenses for the three boiling water reactors at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, in Athens, Ala., have each been renewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an additional 20 years. The reactors, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, are now licensed to operate until December 2053 for Unit 1, June 2054 for Unit 2, and July 2056 for Unit 3.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Anemone
Session Chair:
Chaitee M. Godbole
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Xingang Zhao
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A Machine Learning Methodology for Fault Detection for Online Monitoring of Reactor Coolant Pumps
3:15–3:35PM EST
Chaitee Milind Godbole (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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Bridging the Gap Between Prognostics and Maintenance Decision-Making of Critical Assets in Nuclear Power Plants
3:35–3:55PM EST
Zihan Li (Univ. Florida), Minhee Kim (Univ. Florida)
Anomaly Detection in Temperature Measurements of Liquid Sodium Heater Zones Using an LSTM Autoencoder
3:55–4:15PM EST
Maria Pantopoulou (Purdue Univ.), Derek Kultgen (ANL), Konstantinos Prantikos (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Design, Construction, and Plans for the FISHtank: A Physical Testbed for Health Monitoring and Controls Research
4:15–4:35PM EST
David Anderson (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Avery Bateman (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Residual Error Time-Series Forecasting for Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Reactor Data
4:35–4:55PM EST
Zachery Dahm (Purdue Univ.), William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), Vasileos Theos (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
AI Powered Nuclear Reactor Core Instrumentation Diagnostics
4:55–5:15PM EST
M. Berardi (Blue Wave AI Labs), G.J. Mendis (Blue Wave AI Labs), M.J. Mueterthies (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Tunga (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Heim (Blue Wave AI Labs), J.T. Gruenwald (Blue Wave AI Labs), J. Nistor (Blue Wave AI Labs), A. Kankkunen (Blue Wave AI Labs)
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