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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Porous tungsten scrubbed by glow discharge cleaning
Researchers conducted experiments in Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s Lithium Tokamak Experiment-Beta (LTX-β) showing glow discharge cleaning can be used to effectively clean samples of porous tungsten—used to hold liquid lithium in fusion machine inner walls—manufactured from powder-reconstituted materials, according to a paper published in Nuclear Materials and Energy.
Tungsten is widely used for plasma-facing components in fusion machines, especially in the divertor region where materials must withstand extreme levels of power flow. According to the paper, spark plasma sintering can be used to make tungsten into spongelike samples for holding liquid lithium.
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)