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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Argonne creates new methodology for digital twins
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Argonne National Laboratory has added a new twist to digital twin technology for research into nuclear energy. According to Rui Hu, a principal nuclear engineer at Argonne, “Our digital twin technology introduces a significant step toward understanding and managing advanced nuclear reactors, enabling us to predict and respond to changes with the required speed and accuracy.”
The research of Hu and his colleagues, “Development of Whole System Digital Twins for Advanced Reactors: Leveraging Graph Neural Networks and SAM Simulations,” was published in the American Nuclear Society journal Nuclear Technology.
Virtual representation: A digital twin technology is an accurate virtual representation of a complex system. It is updated with real-time data from sensors applied to the physical system, such as a nuclear reactor.
2023 ANS WINTER CONFERENCE AND EXPO
Brianne Miller is a seasoned energy policy expert with nearly 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors. She currently leads Microsoft’s advocacy efforts on clean energy, energy infrastructure, and environmental sustainability in the United States. She joined Microsoft in 2022 after serving as Director of Federal Relations for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where she focused on policy issues related to nuclear energy, national security, science, and the environment. Prior to joining INL, she held various positions on Capitol Hill, including Deputy Staff Director for Energy on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for then-Chairman Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Energy Policy Advisor to Senator James E. Risch (R-ID), Legislative Director to Congressman Doc Hastings (R-WA), and legislative assistant to Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX). Brianne holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University.
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