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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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The top 10 states of nuclear
The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Monday, November 10, 2025|1:00–2:45PM EST|Lincoln West
Session Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Foundation Models for Dynamic Nuclear Systems: Energy-Efficient Surrogates via Deep Operator Learning
1:00–1:20PM EST
Samrendra Roy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Souvik Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. Texas, El Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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A RAG-Model Enhanced Human-AI Collaboration for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Research
1:20–1:40PM EST
Karen DSouza (INL), Phyllis King (INL), Colby Jenson (INL), Daniel M. Wachs (INL), Tiankai Yao (INL)
Machine Learning for Time-Series Forecasting with Quantile Regression and Anomaly Detection
1:40–2:00PM EST
Lauren S. Bailey (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Reagan Barr (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), James Carnal (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Aaron Clark (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Braden Copley (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jake Petersen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Developing a Natural Language Assistant for Operations and Maintenance in Nuclear Systems
2:00–2:20PM EST
Jason P. Clifford (Argonne National Laboratory), Derek W. Kultgen (Argonne National Laboratory), Alexander Heifetz (Argonne National Laboratory)
Comparing Large Language Models against Humans in a Practical Search Application
2:20–2:40PM EST
Alexander McLeod (Zachry Nuclear Engineering)
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