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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Savannah River Site empties more waste tanks
The Department of Energy announced that waste from two more tanks at its Savannah River Site has been removed ahead of schedule. The tanks—numbers 11 and 15—are the fourth and fifth waste containers in 12 months to meet the milestone of preliminary cease waste removal (PCWR) regulatory approval, 7 and 19 months ahead of schedule, respectively, according to the DOE.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Acacia
Session Chair:
Jenna Payne (DOE-NE)
Alternate Chair:
Julie Jacobson (NEUP/INL)
Session Organizer:
Andrew E. Thomas (INL)
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Cyber-Secure Network Architecture for Nuclear Power Plants
3:15–3:35PM MST
David Arnold (Illinois Institute of Technology), Jafar Saniie (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Paper
Deconvolving of Strain from Fiber Optic Sensor Measurements at Elevated Temperatures
3:35–3:55PM MST
Alastair B. Luna (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Development of a Quantum-Based Cyber-Physical Testbed for Secure Communications in Nuclear Reactor Environments
3:55–4:15PM MST
Vasileios Theos (Purdue), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue), True Miller (Purdue), Brian Jowers (Purdue), Ryan Smith (Purdue), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
Developing a High-Fidelity Benchmark of the AGN-201M Under NEUP 21-24360
4:15–4:35PM MST
Rowdy Davis (Univ. New Mexico), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), Forrest B. Brown (Univ. New Mexico), Robert D. Busch (Univ. New Mexico), Carl Willis (Univ. New Mexico), Larry L. Wetzel (LL Wetzel), Shawn J. Henderson (Sandia)
Integral Benchmark Evaluation of Zero-Power Tests and Multi-Cycle Depletion Experimental Data of TVA WB1 Cycles 1-3
4:35–4:55PM MST
T. Albagami (NCSU), P. Rouxelin (NCSU), S. Palmtag (NCSU), M. Avramova (NCSU), K. Ivanov (NCSU)
Utilizing Long Short Term Memory Networks in an Autoencoder for Anomaly Detection for Thermal Mixing in a Water Loop
4:55–5:15PM MST
Alexandra Akins (NCSU), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
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