2026 ANS Annual Conference / Volume 134

Full Issue

A Proposal for Key Monitoring Radionuclide Selection and Lower Limits of Detection Setting for Radioactive Effluents in Nuclear Power Plants during Decommissioning

JAEOK PARK, Tae Young Kong

Changes in tritium discharges from Korean pressurized heavy water reactors after the operation of tritium removal facilities

JiUng Kim, Tae Young Kong

Development Status of KEPIC for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants in Korea

Jiyeon Jun, Tae Young Kong

Pop Culture Goes Nuclear

Mihir Pai (Univ. Texas, Austin), Derek Haas (Univ. Texas, Austin), Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Preparing the Advanced Nuclear Workforce: A Modular Education and Training Framework Integrating AI, Digital Twins, and Cyber-Physical Systems

Vaibhav Sinha (Thomas Edison State University)

Modernizing Nuclear Safety Training through an Electronic, Profile-Based Curriculum

Syreeta D. Vaughn (ORNL), Chris Jerger (ORNL)

Develop Your Ph.D. Like a Product (DPLP): A Strategic Framework for Research Management

Yifan Mao (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Considerations in Solids Formation for Alniflex Processes

Jarrod Gogolski (SRNL), Thanh-Tam Truong (SRNL), Robert Pierce (SRNL)

Periodic Heat Mixing and Peak Buffer Temperature in Multi-Batch SNF Emplacement

Ji Eon Kim, Samuel Park, Sungyeol Choi (Seoul National University)

Illitization Behavior of Bentonite Buffer Materials under High-Temperature Conditions as a Function of Groundwater Potassium Ion Concentration in Deep Geological Repositories for High-Level Radioactive Waste

Sieun Park, Junhyuk Ham (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology), Seunghyun Kim, Yunju Lee (Korea Institute of Materials Science), Ji Hyun Kim (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology)

A Paradigm Shift for High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: Radionuclides’ Intrinsic Properties for Long-term Safety

Haruko M. Wainwright (MIT), Shaheen A. Dewji (Georgia Tech), John S. McCloy, Brian A. Powell (Clemson Univ.), R. A. Borrelli (University of Idaho), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley), Jeffrey Wang, Liam S. Hines, Dauren Sarsenbayev, Craig H. Benson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Process-Level Radionuclide Screening for Deep Geological Disposal in South Korea

MINSEO CHO (Hanyang University), Kwang Pyo Choi, Mi Seon Jung (KORAD), Hee Jae Ju (KAERI)

Crystallization-Enhanced Aqueous UNF Recycling for Improved Recycling Economics

Ross F. Radel (SHINE Technologies), Abdul Momen, Yana Karslyan (SHINE Technologies), Matthew Van Stratten (SHINE Technologies), Marek Piechowicz (SHINE Technologies)

Uranium Recovery from Seawater: An Updated Economic Analysis

Sophia G. Pope (Univ. Texas, Austin), Eric Wieser (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin), Sheldon Landsberger (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Operational Performance and Flow Characterization of Jet Pump Pair Loop for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing

Jeremy I. Lopez, Theodore M. Chu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Using an Ultrasonic Separations (UltraSep) Instrument to Remove Radioactive and Non-Radioactive Metal Hydroxide Precipitates from Aqueous Solutions

Karla Erickson

Model for Predicting Molten Chloride Salt Corrosion with the Addition of a Reducing Element

Matthew Fierro-McCarthy (Georgia Tech), Shreeya Yara (Georgia Tech), Preet M. Singh (Georgia Tech), Chaitanya S. Deo (Georgia Tech)

Corrosion Compatibility of Type 304H Stainless Steel and Candidate Alloys in Static Molten FLiBe: Role of Redox Potential

Rishi Pillai (ORNL), Debashish Sur (ORNL), Severine Cambier (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Adam Willoughby (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tracie Lowe (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Corrosion and Creep Degradation of Structural Alloys in Static Molten Halide Environments Relevant to Molten Salt Reactors

Debashish Sur, Rishi Pillai, Severine Cambier (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Adam Willoughby (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Tracie Lowe (Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Continued Development of a Molten Salt Thermal Conductivity Model Informed by the Pair Distribution Function

Isaac Walker (Brigham Young Univ.), Jacob C. Numbers, Anthony Birri (ORNL), Matthew Emerson (Brookhaven), Troy Munro (Brigham Young Univ.), James Wishart (Brookhaven)

Development of Thermal Performance Envelopes of a Liquid-Fueled Molten Salt Reactor

Dilan Kurukulasuriya (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Stephen T. Lam (University of Massachusetts at Lowell)

Optimization of Burnable Poison Pin Pattern

Noah L. Estrada (Texas A&M University - Kingsville), Xue Yang (Texas A&M University Kingsville)

Laser Spectroscopy Techniques for Early Detection of CISCC on SNF Canisters

Haori Yang (Oregon State), Frederick Buckman (Oregon State)

Monitoring of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Sealed Dry Storage Canisters

Maxwell Kavanagh (Oregon State), Haori Yang (Oregon State)

Python-Based Parallel Reload Optimization Framework with SIMULATE-3 and Mlrose

James W. Carnal (University of Tennessee - knoxville), Noah M. Marks (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Development of a Transmutation Data Repository

Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven)

Analysis of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles: Sustainability Versus Safeguardability

Mason S. Walls (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU)

ML-Assisted Approach for Nuclear Safeguards Evaluations of Advanced Reactors

Mason S. Walls (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)

Synthesis of Uranium Halides and Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy Studies

Karla Erickson

Design and Operational Planning of a Forced Convection Molten Salt Loop for Electrochemical Analysis and Monitoring of Corrosion Behavior

Seungjin Seo, Woonho Jeong, YunDong Lee (Hyundai E&C), JongWoo Lee (Hyundai E&C)

Effect of Oxide Ion Concentration on the Corrosion Behavior of SS316H in NaCl-KCl Molten Salts

Byeongmin Kong, Jihun Kim, Sungyeol Choi (Seoul National University)

Electrochemical Characterization of Fe, Ni, Cr, and Mn in Eutectic MgCl₂–NaCl–KCl Molten Salt

Jarod Varga, Devin Rappleye (Brigham Young Univ.), Carlos Mejia (Natura Resources)

Corrosion of Pure Ni Metal in Molten FLiNaK Salt

Haiyan N. Zhao (University of Idaho - 1776 Science Center DR), Kim Pamplin (Abilene Christian University), Riley Masters

Corrosion Mechanisms and Compatibility of WC–Co Cemented Carbides in Molten Chloride Salts

Furkan Erdogan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Santiago Bermudez Naranjo (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carlos Castano (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika V. Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Accelerated Corrosion and Neutron Irradiation Simulation for Long-Term Integrity Evaluation of Cast Aluminum–B₄C Neutron Absorbers in Spent Fuel Pool Environments

Daehyeon Park, Ji Hyun Kim (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology)

Wireless Sensors for Monitoring Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Passive Electro-Mechanical System for Leak Detection

Andrew R. Hanson (University of South Carolina), Robert J. Demuth (University of South Carolina), Travis W. Knight (University of South Carolina), Shawn C. Stafford (Westinghouse), Jorge V. Carvajal (Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC), Luke Breon

ESCP Dry Storage System Aging Management Roadmap: Status Updates on the Key Recommendations

Hatice Akkurt (EPRI), Joseph A. Faldowski (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI))

Preliminary Investigation of Extended Storage and Transportation of Advanced LWR Used Fuels

Sven O. Bader (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)), Ricardo Torres (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)), Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)

Collaborative-Based Siting case study for Spent Nuclear Fuel: Siting tools

R. A. Borrelli (University of Idaho), Denia Djokic (Univ. Michigan)

Evaluating Large Language Models for Semi-Automated Systems Theoretic Process Analysis of a Microreactor

Shannon L. Eggers (INL), Sonali Sinha Roy (INL), Ross Hays (INL), Kevin O'Rear (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL)

Explainable AI Framework with a Kalman Filter State Space Estimation for FDI Detection and Localization in Nuclear Reactor Signals

Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), Zachery T. Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)

Federated Learning with LLM Chatbots and Lightweight Cryptography for Secure Operations in Small Modular Reactors

Ismail Hossain (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Md Jahangir Alam (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. of Texas, El Paso)

Nuclear Twins Website: Web-based Multi-Component Digital Twin Framework

Jeongwon Seo (Univ. Texas, Austin), William S. Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Development of Digital Twin-Informed Predictive Maintenance for Critical Components in Advanced Reactors

Sunming Qin (INL), Linyu Lin (INL), Daniel M. Mikkelson (INL), Jack Cavaluzzi (INL), Mohammad G. Abdo (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL), J. Wesley Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Towards the Development of the PUMA Digital Twin: Evaluating Latency in Real-time Monitoring

Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Charie A. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Luca Ballarin (Synovus Solutions), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.), Lefteri H. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue Univ.), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)

Licensable & Deployable AI for Nuclear Digital Twins: A Post-Hoc Framework for Safety-Critical Physical AI

Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. Texas, El Paso), Souvik Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Tech, Delhi), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

An improved Digital Data Acquisition system in Nuclear Reactor Control Rooms with Redundancy and Data Transfer capabilities

Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Charie A. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Luca Ballarin (Synovus Solutions), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue Univ.), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)

Impact of Sensor Location on Transient State Inference in a Heat-Pipe-Cooled Microreactor Testbed

Theo Kupper (TAMU), Matthew Barrows (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)

Designing for the End State: Aligning DOE and DoD Test Reactor Authorization with NRC Commercialization Requirements for Integrity, Vibration, and Dynamic Effects Programs

Andy Crompton

Diagnosing Exchangeability Violations in Transient Data Using Permutation Tests

Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Edward Chen (INL), Vincent P. Paglioni (Colorado State)

Digital Infrastructure Loop Integrated Test Environment for Evaluating Safety-Related Plant Instrumentation and Control System Performance and Reliability

Edward Chen (INL), Jisuk Kim, Tate Shorthill (INL), Jeffrey C. Joe (INL), Aaron Green, Damian S. Mirizio (Westinghouse Electric Company), Anthony L. Stevens, Stephen Middlekauff

Low-Cost On-Chip Benchmarking for Reactor-Relevant Radiation Testing of COTS FPGAs

Wyatt R. Panaccione (Ohio State), Praneeth Kandlakunta (Ohio State), Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)

Miniaturized soft robotic inspection tool for nuclear components

Alexander White (University of Connecticut), Anatol Gogoj (University of Connecticut), Mihai Duduta (University of Connecticut)

Enabling Domain-Specific Foundation Models for Advanced Reactors via Federated Multi-Modal Digital Twins

Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Ismail Hossian, Jay Phil Yoo, Jahangir Alam (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

High-Temperature Reactor Testing of Prototype Fission Chamber for Next-Generation Reactors

Brandon A. Wilson (ORNL), Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), Craig Gray (ORNL), Chris Laidler, Heather Shave (Curtiss-Wright)

Enabling Quantum-Secure Communication Autonomy in Nuclear Reactors

Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)

Unsupervised Detection of High-Z Anomalies in Cargo Containers Using Muon Scattering Data

Reshma Ughade (Purdue Univ.), William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)

Exploratory Data Analysis of Adverse Weather Event Discovery for Nuclear Safety

Xiao-Ying Yu (ORNL)

Data-Centric Strategies for Enhancing Surrogate Reliability Under Input Uncertainty

Samrendra Roy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder, Syed Bahauddin Alam

3-D Power Reconstruction in SMRs Using Neural Networks with Ex-core/In-core Temperature

Minhyeok Bang, Junwoo Lee, Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

A Web-Based Visualization Platform for Nuclear Machine Learning Based Methods with Explainability Metrics

Taazhykan Kurumshieva (Purdue Univ.)

Experimental Benchmarking of Machine Learning Paradigms for Cyber Attack Detection in Advanced Nuclear Reactor Systems: A METL Testbed Study

Benjamin Blakely (ANL), Yeni Li (ANL), Akshay Dave (ANL), Derek W. Kultgen (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)

Development of Power Uprate Licensing Process Flowchart for AI automation

Taejin Kim, Norman J. Mapes (Battelle Energy Alliance/INL), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Marcio de Queiroz (INL)

Cross-Geometry Adaptation of Operator-Based Foundation Models for Dynamic Physical Systems

Jay P. Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), William Howes (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Yashika Ghai, Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Proposed Classifications and Implementation Pathways for Nuclear Reactor Remote Operations

Joseph Oncken (INL), Shannon L. Eggers (INL), Christopher Chwasz (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL)

Designing a Remote Operations Network Architecture for a Microreactor

Shannon L. Eggers (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL), Sonali Sinha Roy (INL), Ross Hays (INL), Kevin O'Rear (INL)

Drone LiDAR and Ground-Penetrating Radar Simulation for Concrete Inspection in Nuclear Facilities

HARI HARA BABU SARIPALLI, Leonel E. Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.)

Quantum-Safe Authentication and Command Integrity for Robotic Fleets in Operation and Maintenance using Homomorphic Encryption

Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Md Jahangir Alam (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (Univ. of Texas, El Paso)

Understanding Wireless Use Cases for Drone Controls: Latency Challenges and Mitigation for Advanced Automation

Imtiaz Nasim (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL)

Enabling Real-Time Operation of the PUR-1 Digital Twin via Surrogate Models of High-Fidelity Simulations

Vasileios Theos (Purdue Univ.), Jonah Lau (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Noah Fillgrove, Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)

Digital Twin Development for an Experimental Microreactor Thermal System

Matthew Barrows (TAMU), Jian Tao (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)

Energy-Efficient Scientific Foundation Model for Advanced Reactor Digital Twins

Jay P. Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jason Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jaewan Park (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam

Physics-Constrained Digital Twin for Predicting Reactor Power State of Research Reactor

Quinnan Hetrick, Lei R. Cao (Ohio State)

Virtual Sensing for Dynamic Systems: Enabling Digital Twin–Driven Foundation Models for Multi-Modal Monitoring for Advanced Reactors

Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Jay Phil Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Md Jahangir Alam, Sajedul Talukder, Syed Bahauddin Alam

Graph Neural Operators Towards Foundation Models for Geometry-Aware, Large-Scale Physical AI in Digital Twins

William I. Howes (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Souvik Chakraborty (Department of Applied Mechanics Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence Indian Institute of Technology Delhi), Subhankar Sarkar (Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)

Nuclear AI Meets Reality: Benchmark Validation and Production ROI

Theresa Clark, Kevin Kong, Matt Huang

From Algorithms to Asset Performance: Measuring the Value of AI in Nuclear Energy

Sam O. Rieck (Raisun Technology Services (RTS))

A Review of the Development and Regulatory Status of Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Nuclear Power in Korea

Sihyeong Yu, Jeesuk Shin, Joongoo Jeon (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

Application of Particle Filter for Sensor Anomaly Detection in Nuclear Power Plants

Edward Chen (INL), Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Vincent P. Paglioni (Colorado State)

Real-Time Gamma Monitoring of Plutonium Casting

Reid H. Bohanon (LANL), Andrew Akin (LANL), Andrew Liebmann (LANL), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan), Jung Rim (LANL)

Margin-Based System-Level Health of a Condenser System in a Pressurized Water Reactor

Mattia Zanotelli (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Foundation Model-Aware Observers for Secure Digital Twin Monitoring of Advanced Reactor Systems

Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Jay Phil Yoo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Md Jahangir Alam (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Sajedul Talukder (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Quantifying Diagnostic Utility of Unmeasured Variables for NPP Anomaly Detection

Tran C. Nguyen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Quantitative Analysis of Fleet-level Modernization Effect: Advanced Training Use Case

Taejin Kim, Zachary Spielman (INL), S. J. Remer (Battelle Energy Alliance/INL)

Indium Isotopic Characterization via SAMMY-Driven Neutron Resonance Transmission at VENUS

Luiz C. Leal (ORNL), Chen Zhang (ORNL), Lukas Zavorka (ORNL), Dorothea Wiarda (ORNL), Shimin Tang (ORNL), Kevin Yahne (ORNL), Harley Skorpenske (ORNL), Harley Skorpenske (ORNL), Jean-Christophe Bilheux (ORNL), Hassina Bilheux (ORNL), Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Klaus H. Guber (ORNL)

Comprehensive Neutronics, Shielding, and Decay Energy Analyses for the Production of Iridium-192 at the High Flux Isotope Reactor

Ethan Asano (ORNL), Justin Griswold (ORNL)

Dose Response Function for Alanine using X-ray Diffractometer in a Mixed Field

Omololu O. Makinde (Defense Threat Reduction Agency), Joel A. Kulesza (LANL), Kellen Gabel (Univ. South Florida), Tyler Hobbs (Univ. South Florida), Valentina Dominguez (Univ. South Florida), Nancy Diaz-Elsayed (Univ. South Florida), Nathan Gallant (Univ. South Florida)

Pulse Repeatability of Godiva IV at 150 °C from Historic SLFPY Data

Nikolaus R. Kemper (Penn State), Bruce D. Pierson (PNNL), Nicolas E. Uhnak (Washington State University), Amanda M. Johnsen (Penn State), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Lawrence R. Greenwood (PNNL)

Activation Analysis of Reactor Components for Decommissioning using MCNP and FISPACT-II

Hyunchul Roh, SER GI Hong

Hybrid Detector Deadtime Model Parameters Determination by Decaying Source Method

Abdallah Wazzan (King Abdulaziz Univ.), Shoaib Usman (Tennessee Tech), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. of Science and Tech)

Automation Methods of Gamma Ray Spectroscopy and Data Analysis

Andreas Jung (Purdue Univ.), Ace Rounds (Purdue Univ.), Jacob Hartwick (Purdue Univ.), Addam Ben-Abdallah (Purdue Univ.)

An Update on the Status of the Neutronics Design of ORNL’s Second Target Station

Igor Remec (ORNL), Kristel L. Ghoos (ORNL), Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Thomas M. Miller (ORNL), Kumar S. Mohindroo (ORNL), Vitaly Pronskikh (ORNL), Wouter C. de Wet (ORNL), Lukas Zavorka (ORNL)

Neutronics Analysis for the ORNL’s Second Target Station

Lukas Zavorka (ORNL), Kristel L. Ghoos (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)

3-D Thermal Modeling of Irradiation Targets for Increasing Radioisotope Yield of Astatine-211

Autumn Brown (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), James Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jack Ridolphi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Recent accomplishments in infrastructure at the Radiation Science and Engineering Center at the Pennsylvania State University

Kenan Unlu (Penn State), Daniel Beck

Radiological Design and Planning for the Radioisotope Processing Facility

William Kirkland (ORNL), Hermilo Hernandez (ORNL), Mario R. Naranjo (ORNL), Justin Griswold (ORNL)

Production of Iridium-192 at the High Flux Isotope Reactor

Justin Griswold (ORNL), Mikayla Duggan, Douglas Crawford, Ethan Asano, Hannah Gray (ORNL), Victor Bautista (ORNL), Tiffany Harkenrider (ORNL), Robin D. Taylor, Grace M. Power, Christopher Bryan (ORNL)

Tensor Approximation of Quantities Related to Adjoint Angular Flux

Carolyn Mayer (Sandia), Rich Lehoucq (Sandia), Aaron J. Olson (Sandia)

Ascent to Exascale: Deterministic Neutronics on El Capitan

Nathan H. Hart (LANL), Robert Joseph Zerr (LANL), Stephen Abbott (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)

CANCELED Relative-Entropy Stability of Maxwellian–Watt Stationary Solutions in Two-Group Neutron Transport

Atharva Deshpande

Isogeometric Analysis for Multi-Group Neutron Diffusion in MFEM

Thad Gleason (NCSU), Scott P. Palmtag (NCSU)

Machine Learning Weather Models for Nuclear Fallout Dispersion Prediction

Jorden Gershenson

A Domain Decomposition Approach for 1-D Transport with Anisotropy using Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Ravi S. Shastri (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Abraham Skoczylas, Patrick Myers (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Brian C. Kiedrowski (Univ. Michigan)

Control Rod Worth Calibration using Gaussian Process Regression for the TRIGA Mk-II Reactor

Jeongwon Seo (Univ. Texas, Austin), Sam Queralt (Univ. Texas, Austin), William S. Charlton (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Machine Learning Applications to Predict Transmission Spectra of Molten Salts

Aarin N. Henning (Georgia Tech), Mathew W. Swinney (ORNL)

An Open-Source Uncertainty Quantification Framework for Neutron Flux Spectra in Reactor Irradiation Experiments

Ragai Altamimi (ORNL), Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL)

Verification of Novel Nuclear Data Sensitivity Calculation Methods for Neutron Leakage Measurements in MCNP

Annamaria McHugh (Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor), Peter J. Brain (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Noah Kleedtke (LANL), Michael E. Rising (LANL), Shaun D. Clarke (Univ. Michigan), Sara A. Pozzi (Univ. Michigan)

Quantifying the Impact of Nuclear Data on Predictive Radiation Transport alpha-eigenvalue Calculations

Antonio Huerta (LANL), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State), Michael E. Rising (LANL), Camille Palmer (Oregon State)

Representative keff Sensitivity Profiles for the MCFR Program

Michael Branco-Katcher (TerraPower), Anselmo T. Cisneros (TerraPower), Bobbi Harper (TerraPower), Thomas H. Drury (TerraPower)

Data-driven Anomaly-aware Sensor Uncertainty Quantification for Nuclear Waste Management Systems

Sachini Piyoni Ekanayake (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Scott C. Evans (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Hao Huang (GE Vernova Advanced Research Center), Philip Honnold (Sandia), Nathan T. Shoman (Sandia)

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Radiation Damage in Zr-Nb Alloys

Tanner Rydalch (Georgia Tech), Remi P. Dingreville (Sandia), Chaitanya S. Deo (Georgia Tech)

A Unified Framework for Deep Learning Applications in Nuclear Engineering

Hui-Yu Hsieh (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)

Thermal Analysis of Gas Composition and Gap Thickness for Temperature Control in MURR® Irradiation Capsules

Md Khairuzzaman (Univ. Missouri), Andrew Hoffman (Univ. Missouri), Scott M. Thompson (Univ. Missouri)

Automation Approach in Parametric Evaluation of Reactor Designs

Mason S. Walls (TAMU), Pavel Tsvetkov (TAMU)

Modeling and Simulation of Thermal Power Dispatch System for a Boiling Water Reactor

Muiz Adekunle Agbaje (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Mono-dimensional and Multi-dimensional Inventory Anomaly Techniques in Molten Salt Reactor Safeguards

Nelson H. Snow (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)

Tritiated Water Release from Zeolite Bed in fire Scenario

Adil Riahi (SRNL), Greg Staack (SRNL), Jose A. Cortes -Concepcion (SRNL)

Precision Loss in Ray Tracing of Toroidal Surfaces

Owen S. Strong (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Elliott D. Biondo (ORNL), Seth R. Johnson (ORNL), Kathryn D. Huff (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Numerical Exploration of Source Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Saturn-inspired Experiments

Kathryn Maupin (Sandia Laboratory), Gianluca Geraci (Sandia), Aaron Olson (Sandia)

Recursive Active Branching for Time-Series Active Learning in Microreactor Dynamics

Logan A. Burnett (MIT), Dean Price (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)

Criticality Safety Strategy for MSSS Retrievals featuring "High U Skips"

Jessica Fildes (Sellafield Limited), Andrew M. Sutton (Sellafield Limited)

Criticality Safety Engineering Integrated Recruitment Good Practices at SRNS

Tracy E. Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC), Nathan P. Devine (SRNL)

Comparison of Revision Two and Three for the Flattop HEU Benchmark (HEU-MET-FAST-028)

Joanna P. Morgan (LLNL), Catherine M. Percher (LLNL), Eric Aboud (LLNL)

Summary of OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety [WPNCS] Activities and Recent Accomplishments

Kelsey M. Amundson (OECD NEA), Gregory J. O'Connor (Office for Nuclear Regulation), Coralie Carmouze (CEA Centre De Cadarache), Alexander Vasiliev (PSI)

Parametric Uncertainties in Criticality Experiments with UF6 Model 8A Cylinders

Lam B. Nguyen (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Travis M. Greene (ORNL)

Using the SCALE DOUBLEHET Feature to Simulate a Uranyl Phosphate Slurry

Tracy E. Stover (SRNL)

The Importance of the ANSI/ANS-8.28 Standard for Nuclear Criticality Safety

Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL)

Nuclear Data Induced Uncertainty in VALID Benchmarks using ENDF/B-VIII.1

Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL)

Bounding NCS Geometry Assumptions: When Simplification Preserves or Fails Safety

Konrad P. Kulesza (URENCO USA), Charlotta Sanders (URENCO USA)

Thermal Neutron Transmission Measurements at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source

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The SRNS Criticality Safety Document Development Review Team

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Lohith Annadevula (Brookhaven), Christopher Folan (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Monisha PodderProma (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), Sukesh K. Aghara (University of Massachusetts at Lowell)

Technology Readiness and Challenges for Safeguards (TRACS) Assessment for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities

Logan M. Scott (ORNL), Chris E. Gazze, Zachery S. Beauvais (ANL), Anthony Belian, Christopher Faucett, Alexander L. Enders, Brent R. McGinnis (ORNL)

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Steven Kreek

Nuclear Forensics-by-Design for Material Security: Research Strategies and Outcomes

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Parametric Evaluation Options for Advanced Reactor Fuel Cycles

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Small Modular Reactors as Strategic Energy Infrastructure: Markets, Geopolitics, and Deployment Risk

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Assessing the Role of Small Modular Reactors in Achieving U.S. Energy Dominance Objectives

J Michael Grappone (LLNL), Kathryn Walsh (LLNL), Mackenzie K. Nelson

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Beyond Cost Metrics: Quantifying the Owner and System Value of Advanced Nuclear Using LVOE and LNB

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GALE Insights on Nuclear-Powered Data Centers: Implications for SMR and Microreactor Deployment

Gale E. Hauck (ORNL)

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Ximena Vasquez-Maignan

The Values of Flexible Nuclear Power Plant Operations

Kaiyue zeng (Guangdong Power Grid), Zhuoran Ye (CNNC Operation and Maintenance Technology Co. Ltd)

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Aidan Rigby (INL), Logan D. Williams (INL), Aaron Wilson (INL)

Co-siting Nuclear Reactors and High-Temperature Firebrick Heat Storage for Dispatchable Heat and Electricity

Charles W. Forsberg (MIT)

Successful Operation of Molten Salts Systems for Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors

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Nuclear Power Plant - Pumped Hydro Storage Hybrid Systems for Datacenters

Qi Heng Law (Purdue Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)

Physical Modelling for System Design Analysis of a Nuclear Heat Delivery System

Logan D. Williams (INL), Aidan Rigby (INL), Ramon K. Yoshiura (INL)

Energy Efficient Solvent Based Direct Air Capture and Advanced Nuclear Integration via Flow Splitting Approach

Md Akhlak Bin Aziz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Model Development of a Pressurized Water Reactor Application for Hydrogen Production

Emily Meilus (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Daniel M. Mikkelson (INL), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Evaluation of Series Parallel Calciner Configuration to Enable Advanced Nuclear Solvent Based DAC Thermal Integration

Md Akhlak Bin Aziz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Preliminary Evaluation of Safety and Security Challenges Around Potential Nuclear-Powered Data Centers

Abiodun I. Adeniyi (ORNL), Srijib Mukherjee (ORNL), Olufemi A. Omitaomu (ORNL)

Development of a tool for cost analysis and optimization of nuclear heat delivery

Aidan Rigby (INL), Logan D. Williams (INL), Iza G. Lantgios (INL), Ramon K. Yoshiura (INL)

Real Options Analysis of Hybrid Offshore Wind and Nuclear Energy Hubs

Michael J. Ford, Paul Roege (Femto Energy)

Review of Turbine Upgrade Methodology in Support of Nuclear Power Plant Uprate

Khaldoon Al-Dawood (INL), Junyung Kim (INL), Tyler Westover (INL)

Functional Decomposition Approach for Early-Stage Nuclear Power Plant Design and Scaling

Khaldoon Al-Dawood (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL)

Lean Delivery for the Nuclear Renaissance: A Delivery Framework for SMRs and Advanced Nuclear Projects

Haley Rogers (Boulder Associates), Sean Noonan (Whiting-Turner)

Evaluation of Potential Uses of LLMs to Compile Reactor Data

Michael Parnell (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)

Highly Efficient Diffusion Bonded Alloy 617 Heat Exchanger for Nuclear Energy Applications

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High-Temperature Prefabricated Concrete Containments

Charles W. Forsberg (MIT)

Failure Analysis of a Sodium Heat Pipe from an Electrically Heated Microreactor Testbed Following Pinhole-Induced Oxygen Ingress

Cristian Balanel (Texas A&M University, Department of Nuclear Engineering), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan

Supercritical CO2 Cycle for Fission & Fusion - Development and Demonstration Progress

Michael McDowell (GTI Energy)

Comparing Occupational Health Risks in Nuclear and Other Industries

Emile G. Germonpre (MIT), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT)

Dosimetry Estimation of the Fast-Fission Irradiation Boron Carbide Shield

Nikolaus R. Kemper (Penn State), Amanda M. Johnsen (Penn State), Bruce D. Pierson (PNNL)

Validation Study of Proton-Induced Spallation Products in Tungsten for STS

Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Yongjoong Lee (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)

Methods and Codes for Preliminary Dose Rate Analyses to Support Inner Reflector Plug Replacement at SNS

Irina I. Popova (ORNL), Franz X. Gallmeier (ORNL), Ryan Schultz (ORNL)

Beam-On Dose Rates in the Hot Process Vault of the Second Target Station

Kristel L. Ghoos (ORNL), Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)

Development of an Accident Dose Evaluation Method Considering the Effect of Landforms Around a Nuclear Power Plant

Masato Ohara (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Takuya Ikeda (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Gaku Sasaki (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Kunio Kato (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

Source Material Density First-Order Sensitivities in Monte Carlo Codes

Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)

Dosimetry-Customized Fixed-Source in Serpent 2 Monte Carlo Code

Ana Jambrina (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)

Surrogate-assisted Reinforcement Learning for Radiation Shielding Design

Alexander Whitesides (Georgia Tech)

Improved Pion Thermal Model for Space Radiation Applications

Charles M. Werneth (NASA Langley Research Center), John Wilson (Old Dominion Univ.), John Tweed (Old Dominion Univ.)

Radiation Shielding Efficiency and Mechanical Properties of HfC–Epoxy Composites

Furkan Erdogan (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jessika Rojas (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Demonstrating the Predictive Value of Fast Neutron Flux for Shielding Quantities in an MSR Facility

Rakim Hirji (Georgia Tech), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Tech), Ondrej Chvala (Univ. Texas, Austin), Harrison C. Reisinger (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Emergency Planning Zone Scaling Framework for Multi-Unit Small Modular Reactor Siting

Miranda Lorenzo (Georgia Tech), Dillon Scott (TAMU), Karen V. Kirkland (TAMU), Shaheen A. Dewji (Georgia Tech)

Improving the Accuracy of Radiation Dose Predictions for High-Exposure Tasks Using Scenario-Based Correction Factors

Changju Song (Chosun Univ.), Tae Young Kong (Chosun Univ.)

On the Impact of Dynamic Reactivity Evaluation Methods in Predictor–Corrector Quasi-Static Monte Carlo Simulations

Taesuk Oh (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

(Near-) Critical Node Treatment in Ants Multigroup Nodal Solver

Ana Jambrina (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)

Neural Network-Enabled Thermal Feedback Modeling in the Fission Matrix Method

Daris Paine (Colorado School of Mines), Valerio Mascolino (Colorado School of Mines)

A Feasibility Study of Triangular Nodal Expansion Method Based on Dubiner Basis

Junwoo Lee (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)

Investigation of Correlations between Neutronics Parameters at Different Temperatures

Go Chiba (Hokkaido University), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya University)

Experimental Measurements and Atomistic Modeling Show Porosity Does Not Change the Inelastic Scattering in Nuclear Graphite

Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Iyad I. Al-Qasir (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian, Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Anne A. Campbell (ORNL), Douglas Abernathy (ORNL), Matthew Stone (ORNL), Garrett Granroth (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

Why Graphite Porosity TSLs Should Not Be Used for Advanced Reactor Analysis: Multi-Benchmark ICSBEP/IRPhE Testing

Kemal Ramic (ORNL), Jose Ignacio Marquez Damian, Travis M. Greene (ORNL), Adimir dos Santos (Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares), Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL), Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Iyad I. Al-Qasir (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

SCALE Analysis of the HTR-PROTEUS Core 4 Pebble-Bed Benchmark

Yves Robert (ORNL), Rabab R. Elzohery (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

SCALE Implementation of Batch Feed Capability for MSR Depletion Analysis

Jonathon Faulkner (Georgia Tech), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)

Mixing Effects in Nonzero-Power Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment Transients

Jonathon Faulkner (Georgia Tech), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology - 770 State Street)

HALEU Five-Fuel-Assembly Micro-Reactor in Once-through Operation Cycle Performance Assessment

John D. Bess (JFoster and Associates, LLC), Gray S. Chang (JFoster and Associates, LLC), Julie Foster

Bridging Microreactor Design and Economics: The Microreactor Optimization Using Simulation And Economics (MOUSE) Tool

Botros N. Hanna (INL)

On the Impact of Depletion Zoning and Fuel Homogenization on Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactors Reactivity and Lifetime

Reham Abdelnasser (Penn State), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)

Assessing Reactivity Impacts of Control and Reflector Supercells in Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors

MOHAMED NASSER (Georgia Tech), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology - 770 State Street)

Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal Property Changes in a Heat-Pipe Microreactor Using MOOSE

Wafaa I. Osman (NCSU), Gregory K. Delipei (NCSU), Maria N. Avramova (NCSU)

Impact of Spatial Mesh Resolution on Beryllium Poison Production and End-of-Cycle Reactivity in HFIR

Kevin Burg (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL)

Reactor Physics Model Development and Depletion for HFIR 85 MW and 100 MW Studies

Kevin Burg (ORNL), David Chandler (ORNL), Aaron Holzaepfel (ORNL)

AI-Driven Automated Design of Horizontal Split Table Critical Experiments

Takanori Kajihara (INL), Paul A. Ferney (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Mohammad G. Abdo (INL)

PWR Core Shut Down Margin Analysis for Cycle Extension and Uprates with LEU+ Accident Tolerant Fuel

Chase Stormoen (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gabriel R. Dengler-Jeanblanc (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Rahnuma Aziz Nisa (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Andrew Quaal (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)

Neutron Decay Rates in Fast and Thermal Reactor Systems

Kevin A. Kelly (Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)), Daniel Moneghan (EPRI)

Multiphysics Modeling of Molten Salt Reactors Using MOOSE and OpenMC

Branko Kovacevic (NextGen Nuclear Power Corporation), Lise Charlot, Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)

Update on New Models Available on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) in 2026

Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Patrick Behne (INL), Joshua E. Hansel (INL), Lise Charlot, Veerappan Prithivirajan (INL), Benjamin Spencer (INL), Daniel Grammer, Travis Lange (INL), Khaldoon Al-Dawood, Ethan M. Lang (Idaho State University Serials Dept), Ryan H. Stewart (INL), Mustafa K. Jaradat (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL), Thomas Folk (Idaho National Laboratory - National Reactor Innovation Center), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Ahmed Amin Abdelhameed (ANL), Emily R. Shemon (ANL)

MOOSEnger — a Domain-Specific AI Agent for MOOSE Ecosystem

Mengnan Li (INL), Jason Miller, Zachary M. Prince (INL), Alexander D. Lindsay, Cody J. Permann (INL)

Multiphysics Modeling of Molten Salt Reactor Transients Using MOOSE Applications

Branko Kovacevic (NextGen Nuclear Power Corporation), Stefano Terlizzi (Penn State - Ken and Mary Alice Linquist Department of Nuclear Engineering)

Impact of Nuclear Data on Fuel Inventory for HALEU-Fueled Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors

Rabab R. Elzohery (ORNL), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Germina Procop (ORNL)

Multiphysics MSR Simulations Using Moltres-SAM Coupling

Sun Myung Park (Univ. Texas, Austin), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Nicholas P. Luciano (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

New Differentiable Simulation Framework for Reactor-Relevant Continuum Transport Problems

Abhinav Datla

Neutronics Benchmarking at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) for Structural Material Irradiation Positions

Rance E. White (Univ. Missouri, Research Reactor), Andrew Verbsky (Univ. Missouri, Research Reactor), Andrew Hoffman (Univ. Missouri, Research Reactor), John D. Brockman (Univ. Missouri, Columbia)

MPACT Developments for Simulating TRIGA Reactors

Nicholas P. Luciano (Univ. Texas, Austin), Aaron M. Graham (Veracity Nuclear), Shane G. Stimpson (Veracity Nuclear), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Balancing Fidelity and Efficiency in Parametric Macroscopic Cross-Section Generation

João Claudio B. Fiel (Military Institute of Engineering)

Implementation and Verification of Online Cross Section Depletion in Griffin for Prismatic Gas-cooled Reactors

Shikhar Kumar (ANL), Park Hansol, Changho Lee

Analytical Stability Analysis of the AP1000, EPR, and CANDU6

Michael Parnell (TAMU), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)

Autonomous Radiation Inspection Using a Team of Heterogeneous Robots

Daniel I. Meza (Univ. Texas, Austin), Alex Navarro (Univ. Texas, Austin), Janak Panthi (Univ. Texas, Austin), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Point Cloud Completion-Informed Active Perception for Robotic Radiation Surveying

Jorge A. Diaz (Univ. Texas, Austin), Mitch W. Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Determination of Radium Concentration and Radon Exhalation in Soil of Different Textural Classes

Aminu Umar (Fed. Univ. of Agriculture Abeokuta)

PRN-Guided Adaptive Allocation Using Scan Data for Final Status Survey

Seungbin Yoon (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Sang Won Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Hee Reyoung Kim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)

3-D Directional Radiation Detection with Self-Shadowing Detectors

Andrew White (Oregon State), Haori Yang (Oregon State)

Turbulent Prandtl Number Modeling and MHD Effects on Gallium Cooled Mini Channels

Zhengting Quan (Univerity of Missoui), Congshan Mao, Yue Jin (University of Missouri Columbia)

Multi-physics 3D modelling of MSRE with MUSCLE-Foam

Ferry Roelofs (NRG PALLAS), Kornilios Routsonis (NRG PALLAS), Victor Habiyaremye (NRG PALLAS)

Predicting View Factors for Radiative Heat Transfer in Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors

Alexander Coxe (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Multiphysics Modelling of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor using NekRS and the Fission Matrix Method

Maximiliano Dalinger (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)

Reconstruction of Radial Velocity Profiles in Flowing Radioactive Molten Salts Using Gamma-Ray Spectrometry

Nicholas P. Luciano (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Optimization of Modeling Parameters in Bridge and Overlap Methods for Stable and Accurate Simulations of Flow in Pebble-Bed Core Flow

Seongmin Hong (Hanyang university), Jihwan Lim (Hanyang university), Minseop Song (Hanyang University)

Preliminary Study on Variable Inlet Guide Vane for sCO2 Microreactor Compressor System

Gihyeon Kim (KAIST), Yeongchan Kim, Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)

Extending the Validation of GOTHIC’s Diffusion Layer Model for Condensation to Higher Pressure Conditions

Thomas M. Moore (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Tom George (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jeffrey W. Lane (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Mitchell Mannino

High Resolution CFD Simulations of the GOKSTAD Loop for Experimental Validation

Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Simplified Analysis of Two-Phase Flow in a Passive Containment Cooling System

Jong Chull Jo (TIUM solutions), Frederick J. Moody (Consultant)

Analysis of Scaling Distortions in Passive Cooling Water Systems

Jong Chull Jo (TIUM solutions), Yong Kab Lee (SIMEX)

Pressure Scaling for Purdue University Multi-Dimensional Integral Test Assembly and Balance of Plant Design

Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Charie A. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Shripad T. Revankar (Purdue Univ.), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)

Post-CHF model sensitivity for Time-at-Temperature using CTF

Vineet Kumar (ORNL), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), William Gurecky (ORNL)

Effects of Annular Gaps on the Performance of the Heat Pipe Wicks

Yeochan Moon (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU), Juan Sandoval, Hansol Kim (TAMU)

Recent Improvements to the Predictive Capability Maturity Quantification (PCMQ) Method for Considering Multiple Evidence for a Phenomenon

Thomas M. Moore (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Mitchell Mannino (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jeffrey W. Lane (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Matthew Nudi (EPRI)

Characteristics of Molten Salt Aerosol Droplets Produced by Bubble Bursts

Daniel Orea (ORNL), Kevin R. Robb (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)

Experimental Study of Dry and Submerged Heated Rod Subjected to Gas-Jet Impingement

Scott F. Wahlquist (Idaho State University Serials Dept), Amir Ali (Idaho State), Richard R. Schultz (Idaho State), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)

Transition Boiling During Reflood

Stephen M. Bajorek (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Yue Jin (University of Missouri Columbia), Fan-Bill Cheung (Penn State), Andrew Ireland (U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

Molten Salt Thermal Convection Loops for Generating High-Fidelity Data for Digital Twins

Nicholas P. Luciano (Univ. Texas, Austin), Timothy L. Head (Abilene Christian University), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Physics-Informed Diffusion Model for Generation of Physically Consistent Critical Heat Flux Data

Alexandra G. Akins (NCSU), Xu Wu

A Node-Assigned PINN Model for Coupled Heat Transfer Calculations in a PWR Hot Channel

Fabiano G. Thulu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)

Autoregressive Coarse-Grid CFD/TH Forecasting with OPT-Based LLMs

Md Jafor Dewan (NCSU), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU)

Node Assigned Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Thermal-hydraulic System Simulation CVH/FL/HS Modules

Jeesuk Shin, DongGyun Seo, Sihyeong Yu, Joongoo Jeon (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

Prediction of Critical Heat Flux in Rod Bundles Using Tube-Based Hybrid Machine Learning Models in CTF

Aidan J. Furlong (NCSU), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Xu Wu, Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

Steam Line Break Analysis Methodology under Flexible Operation Conditions in Innovative Small Modular Reactor

Seong ho Jee (KEPCO E&C), Gyu Cheon Lee (KEPCO E&C), Min Shin Jung (KEPCO E&C), Eun joo Lee (KEPCO E&C), Ung Soo Kim (KEPCO E&C)

Reliability of Natural Circulation for Long-Term Heat Removal in SMR Systems

Romney B. Duffey (Idaho Falls), Enrico Zio (Univ. Paris), Richard Schultz (Idaho Sate)

Validation of the Reactor Vessel Auxiliary Cooling System (RVACS) Model within SAS4A/SASSYS-1

Yeongshin Jeong (ANL), Yang Zhao (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Acacia J. Brunett (ANL)

Simulation of Heavy-gas Ingress Event in Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility Using SAM

Gang Yang (ANL), Michael Anthony Mendes (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)

Scaling Analysis of a Surrogate Fluid based Thermal Convection Loop for Digital Twin Data Generation

Jerel W. Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), V Vulcanoff (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dale Cox (Abilene Christian Univ.), Timothy Head (Abilene Christian Univ.), T.S. Watson (Abilene Christian Univ.), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)

Parametric Study of Compact Type Heat Exchanger with Oval-Twisted Channels for Efficient Energy Utilizations

Scott F. Wahlquist (Idaho State University Serials Dept), Amir Ali (Idaho State), Ahmed Hamed

A Component-Scale CFD Analysis Approach for High-Superheat Straight-Tube Once-Through Steam Generators Using Liquid Metal

Hyunwoong Lee (HYUNDAI E&C)

Benchmarking of Heat Pipe Models for Various Working Fluids

Chris Mendez (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU)

Engineering Simplifications for Modeling Waste Glass Melters

Donna P. Guillen (INL), Zachary Diermyer (INL), Pavel Ferkl (PNNL), Albert Kruger (DOE)

Interface Capturing Simulations of a 1/5th Scale BWR Steam Separator

Taylor E. Grubbs (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)

Validating STAR-CCM+ Lagrangian Multiphase Model for Graphite Dust Deposition in Steady Pipe Flows

DEZHI DAI (ANL), Adrian Tentner (ANL)

Eigenvalue-Based Hyperbolicity Correction for Two-Fluid Models with AUSM+ Flux

Yifan Mao, Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Effects of Mushy-Zone Modeling and Melt-Through Enhancement in MSFR LiF-ThF4 Freeze Plugs via Composite Walls

Farooq Ahmad (Missouri S&T), Subash Sharma (Missouri S&T), Shoaib Usman (Tennessee Tech), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)

Parametric Analysis of MSFR Freeze-Plug Melting with LiF-ThF4 under Decay Heating

Farooq Ahmad (Missouri S&T), Shoaib Usman (Missouri S&T), Subash Sharma (Missouri S&T), Tayfun Akyurek (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)

Modeling Two-Phase Natural Circulation and Void Fraction Characteristics of Seawater

Qi Heng Law, Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)

Development of a Hybrid Simulation Framework for CRUD Source Term Prediction in PWRs using Multi-physics and Data-driven Approaches

DONGMIN KIM (Seoul National University)

Enabling Real-Time Thermal-Hydraulics Prediction in Virtual Small Modular Reactors through Deep Operator Network

Minseo Lee (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Seongmin Oh (Department of Quantum System Engineering, Jeonbuk National University), Bumjin Cho, Chaehyeon Song, Minseop Song (Hanyang University), Joongoo Jeon (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

Development of deep-learning system-level digital twins of nuclear power plants using transformers

Eric Cervi (ANL), Alexandre Millischer (ANL), Jaeseok Heo (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)

Transformer-Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Hybrid Framework for Transient Classification and Attribution Analysis in Diagnostic Digital Twin Development

Jaeseok Heo (ANL), Eric Cervi (ANL), Travis Mui (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)

Mean Velocity Field Reconstruction in a 9×9 Helical Cruciform Fuel Rod Bundle Using Time Frequency Analysis Particle Image Velocimetry

Taeseung Jeon (Thermal Hydraulic Research Laboratory of Nuclear Engineering Department, Texas A&M University), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)

Micro-PIV Measurements of Flow Structure in Zigzag and S-Shape Microchannel Geometries

Zhengting Quan (Univerity of Missoui), Congshan Mao, Yue Jin (University of Missouri Columbia)

Characterization of Laminar Flow and Boundary Layer in a Straight Rectangular Microchannel Using Micro-PIV

Congshan Mao (University of Missouri Columbia), Zhengting Quan (University of Missouri Columbia), Yue Jin (University of Missouri Columbia)

Experimental Validation of a Novel Refractive Index Matching Technique Using SLA 3D-Printed Models for Optical Flow Measurements in Nuclear Thermal-hydraulic Experiments

Sangoh Shin (Hanyang University), Minseop Song (Hanyang Univ.)

Distribution of Time-Averaged Micro-PIV Standard Uncertainty across Various Flow Rates in a Straight Microchannel

Congshan Mao (University of Missouri Columbia), Zhengting Quan (University of Missouri Columbia), Yue Jin (University of Missouri Columbia)

GAMMA+ PCC/DCC Simulations on High Temperature Test Facility Benchmark

Sung Nam Lee (KAERI), Nam-il Tak (KAERI), Hong-sik S. Lim (KAERI), Chan Soo Kim (KAERI)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) Benchmark Exercise 3 Representativity Overview

Jonathan L. Barthle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Robert Kile (INL), Aaron S. Epiney (INL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)

High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) Thermal-Hydraulics Benchmark: Selected Results from a Subset of Participants

Aaron S. Epiney (INL), Gerhard Strydom (INL), Robert Kile (INL), Sinan Okyay (Penn State), Jonathan L. Barthle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State), Thanh Q. Hua (ANL), Jun Fang, Ling Zou (ANL), Krishna Podila (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Qi Chen, Tariq M. Jafri (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), Geoff Waddington, Xianmin Huang (CNL), Peter Pfeiffer (CNL)

A Summary of Problem 2 in the High Temperature Test Facility Benchmark

Robert Kile (INL), Thanh Q. Hua (ANL), Jonathan Barthle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Fajar Sri Lestari Pangukir (NRG Petten - Westerduinweg 3), M. Stempniewicz (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Ferry Roelofs, Zsombor Bali (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research), Gusztav Mayer (HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research), Sung Nam Lee (KAERI), Aaron S. Epiney (INL)

Preliminary Simulation of S-Allegro Steady-State Operation for Gas-cooled Fast Reactor Benchmark

John M. Bolin (General Atomics), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics), Christopher P. Ellis (General Atomics), Christina A. Back (General Atomics)

GOTHIC Benchmarking of the High Temperature Test Facility for Pressurized Conduction Cooldown Transients

Mitchell Mannino (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Thomas M. Moore (Numerical Advisory Solutions), Jeffrey W. Lane (Numerical Advisory Solutions)

Development of Ultrasonic Imaging for Nonintrusive Flow Measurements

Daniel Orea (ORNL), Thien Nguyen (US DOE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Hongbin Sun (ORNL)

Experiment on Bubbles Rising through a Shallow Pool under Artificial Gravity

Grant Switzer (Ohio State), Taiyang Zhang (Ohio State)

Liquid Film Thickness in Narrow Rectangular Channels for High Gas Flows

Akshay K. Khandelwal (Purdue Univ.), Charie A. Tsoukalas (Purdue Univ.), Yang Zhao (ANL), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue Univ.)

High-Temperature FLiNaK Droplet Impact and Rebound Behavior on Solid Surfaces for Molten Salt Reactor Safety

Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)

Scaled Gas Sparging Experiments Investigating Bubble Dynamics and Mass Transfer Phenomena in Molten Salt Systems

Andrew Hutsell (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ethan M. Villarreal (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)