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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Georgetown West
Session Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Comparison of Exponential Smoothing and GRU-Based Monitoring of Liquid Sodium Heater Zones
10:00–10:20AM EST
Maria Pantopoulou (Purdue), Derek Kultgen (ANL), Lefteri Tsoukalas (Purdue), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Paper
Structural Deformation in Fluid-Structure Interaction for Nuclear Systems
10:20–10:40AM EST
Dinesh Kumar (Univ. Bristol), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Operation Optimization Framework for Advanced Reactors Using a Dynamic Bayesian Network Based Digital Twin
10:40–11:00AM EST
Andy Rivas (NCSU), G.K. Delipei (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)
Estimation of Remaining Useful Life of Nuclear Power Plant Assets for Digital Twin Framework Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network
11:00–11:20AM EST
Md Nazmus Sakib (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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