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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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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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
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Linyu Lin
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Xingang Zhao
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Development of a Discrepancy Checker for the Digital Twin in a Supervisory Control System for a Thermal Energy Delivery System
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Linyu Lin (Idaho National Laboratory), Jack M. Cavaluzzi (Texas A&M University), Junyung Kim (Idaho National Laboratory), Nicholas Cittadino (North Carolina State University)
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Forecasting Process Output Using Machine Learning Surrogates and Digital Twin
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Mikko Seppi (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Joonas Linnosmaa (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Akhtar Zeb (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Leveraging Large Language Models for Security Assessment in the Network of Devices in Nuclear Power Plants
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Sajedul Talukder (UTEP), Md Jahangir Alam (UTEP), Syed Bahauddin Alam (UIUC)
Development and Demonstration of an AI-Assisted Digital Twin Framework for Remote Monitoring and Control of Advanced Small-Scale Reactors
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Zavier Ndum Ndum (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA), Doyeong Lim (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA), Jian Tao (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA), John Ford (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA), Simon Adu (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA), Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA), Yang Liu (Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)
Development and Analysis of a Real-time Digital Twin system in PUR-1
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Vasileios Theos (Purdue University), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue University), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University)
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