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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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Pacific Fusion predicts “1,000-fold leap” in performance, net facility gain by 2030
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all energy stored in the system—with a demonstration system by 2030, and backs the claim with a technical paper published yesterday on arXiv: “Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Jasmine H
Session Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Developing a Machine Learning Benchmark Using Real-Time Data from the PUR-1 Reactor for Nuclear Applications
10:00–10:20AM PDT
William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Zachery Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Oliver Buss (Nuclear Energy Agency), Catalina Anghel (Canadian Nuclear Laboratory), Kamal Moravej (Canadian National Laboratory), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Basma Foad (McMaster Univ.), Upendra Rohatgi (Brookhaven), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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ContextGPT: Predictive Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plant with Contextually-Informed Situational Understanding
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Raisa Bentay Hossain (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jahangir Alam (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Development of AI-Based Decision-Making Support Technology to Prevent Human Error in Nuclear Power Plant
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Seo Ryong Koo (KAERI), Young Ho Chae (KAERI)
Enhancing the Cybersecurity of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants Through Generative AI and Large Language Models
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Raisa Bentay Hossain (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Ismail Hossain (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Adaptive Machine Learning-Based Threat Intelligence in Nuclear Facilities (AML-TIN): A Framework for Enhanced Cybersecurity in Nuclear Computing Environments
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Alaa M. Alotaibi (Southern Illinois Univ.), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois Univ.), Sajedul Talukder (Southern Illinois Univ.), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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