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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.
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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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DOE report: Cost to finish cleaning up Hanford site could exceed $589 billion
The cost to complete the cleanup of the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state could cost as much as $589.4 billion, according to the 2025 Hanford Lifecycle Scope, Schedule, and Cost Report, which was released by the DOE on April 15. While that estimate is $44.2 billion lower than the DOE’s 2022 estimate of $640.6 billion, a separate, low-end estimate has since grown by more than 21 percent, to $364 billion.
The life cycle report, which the DOE is legally required to issue every three years under agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), summarizes the remaining work scope, schedule, and cost estimates for the nuclear site. For more than 40 years, Hanford’s reactors produced plutonium for America’s defense program.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Xingang Zhao
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Comparative Analysis of Online Fault Tree and Margin-Based Approaches for System-Level Health Assessment and Decision-Making
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Mattia Zanotelli (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Ark O. Ifeanyi (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee Knoxville), Diego Mandelli (Idaho National Laboratory)
Paper
Deployment of Data Acquisition Platform in Support of On-Line Monitoring and Hybrid Plant Operational Support
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Matthys Blom (Framatome GmbH)
Development of an Online Monitoring System to Support Autonomous Remote Microreactor Operations
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Brent D. Shumaker (AMS Corporation), Adam Deatherage (AMS Corporation), Brian Moazen (AMS Corporation), Terrell McIllwain (AMS Corporation), Zachary Becker (AMS Corporation)
Sensor Diagnostics with Deep Learning and Real Reactor Data
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue University), Zachery T. Dahm (Purdue University), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University)
Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Grey- and Black-Box Technologies & Supply Chain Challenges
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Stine Aurora Mikkelsplass (Institute for Energy Technology), Levente Nyusti (Institute for Energy Technology), Aleksander L. Toppe (Institute for Energy Technology)
Streamlining PUR-1 Operation: A Case Study on Large Language Models (LLM) in Reactor Informational Systems
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Jonah Lau (Purdue University), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University), True Miller (Purdue University), Brian Jowers (Purdue University)
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