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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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New edition of IAEA’s Climate Change and Nuclear Power available
The 2024 edition of Climate Change and Nuclear Power has been released by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The 99-page report focuses on the need for a significant increase in investment to achieve goals for expanding nuclear power.
The report: According to the IAEA, the report delves into the financing of nuclear projects as ambitious climate targets draw nearer. It also explores the imperative for financial frameworks to help nuclear energy become a cornerstone of global decarbonization efforts and highlights the challenges and best practices in financing nuclear projects.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|4:20–5:45PM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Miltiadis Alamaniotis
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Jamie Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Student Assistant:
Oscar Lastres
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Deceptive Infusion of Data (DIOD) for Nuclear Reactors
4:25–4:45PM EST
Arvind Sundaram (Purdue Univ.), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL)
Paper
Convolutional Neural Network with Feature Selection for Multi Abnormal State Diagnosis
4:45–5:05PM EST
Ji Hyeon Shin (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Explaining AI Models in Operation Support Systems with Layer-Wise Relevance Propagation
5:05–5:25PM EST
Seung Geun Kim (KAERI), Jaehyun Cho (KAERI)
LSTM Validation of Fiber Optics Distributed Temperature Sensing
5:25–5:45PM EST
Stella Pantopoulou (ANL), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Anthonie Cilliers (Kairos Power), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
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