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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Structural Properties Laboratory now open at INL
Earlier this week, Idaho National Laboratory announced that its Structural Properties Laboratory (SPL) has been fully operational since January. Located at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex, the SPL houses the lab’s first new hot cell in 50 years.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Monday, November 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 2
Session Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav
Alternate Chair:
Vivek Agarwal
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How Digital Twins may be used in Design and Operations
1:00–1:20PM MST
M.D. Muhlheim (ORNL), P. Ramuhalli (ORNL), A. Huning (ORNL), A. Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL), A. Saxena (GE Research), R.T. Wood (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Regulatory Requirements, Guidance, and Review of Digital Twins
1:20–1:40PM MST
Laboratory Demonstration of Structural Digital Twin Use Cases for Nuclear Construction
1:40–2:00PM MST
Lauren J. Thomas (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Timothy P. Kernicky (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Youngjin Park (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Matthew J. Whelan (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Hasan Charkas (EPRI)
Digital Twins for Monitoring Construction Quality
2:00–2:20PM MST
Robert W. Cox (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Timothy Kernicky (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Milind Khire (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Matthew Whelan (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Youngjin Park (Univ. North Carolina, Charlotte), Hasan Charkas (EPRI), Amit Varma (Purdue), Juswald Vedovi (GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
