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NRC unveils Part 53 final rule
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has finalized its new regulatory framework for advanced reactors that officials believe will accelerate, simplify, and reduce burdens in the new reactor licensing process.
The final rule arrives more than a year ahead of an end-of-2027 deadline set in the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA), the 2019 law that formally directed the NRC to develop a new, technology-inclusive regulatory approach. The resulting rule—10 CFR Part 53, “Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors”—is commonly referred to as Part 53.
Bo Xu, Han Li, Lei Zhang, Helin Gong
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 199 | Number 6 | June 2025 | Pages 873-887
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2403895
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The aging process or flow-induced vibration of reactor cores may lead to increased mechanical vibrations, affecting the reliability of in-core sensors and necessitating a robust solution for robust field reconstruction. This work tackles the challenges of reconstructing multiphysics fields from sparse and movable measurements by introducing an advanced framework that integrates various machine learning models with Voronoi tessellation. Our approach, building upon the Voronoi tessellation-assisted Convolutional Neural Network (VCNN), expands the capabilities to include a wider array of neural network architectures such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Fourier Neural Operator (FNO), Dilated ResNet Encode-Process-Decode (DilResNet), Dilated Convolution Neural Operator (DCNO), Galerkin Transformer (GT), U-shaped Neural Operator (UNO), and Multiwavelet-based Operator (MWT). The effectiveness of these models is evaluated and validated through numerical tests based on the International Atomic Energy Agency benchmark, particularly noting average relative errors below 5% and 10% in the norm and norm, respectively, within a 5-cm amplitude around sensor nominal locations. The developed software toolkit encapsulates these architectures, providing a versatile option for nuclear engineers to reconstruct different types of physical fields efficiently.