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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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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
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Vaibhav Yadav
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Risk-informed Graded Approach for Reliability and Performance Assessment of Instrumentation and Sensor Systems within Advanced Condition Monitoring Technologies
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Edward Chen (Idaho National Laboratory), Vaibhav Yadav (Idaho National Laboratory), Vivek Agarwal (Idaho National Laboratory)
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From Simulation to Degradation Estimation: A Digital Twin Case Study of Feedwater Heater
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Yeni Li (Argonne National Laboratory), Akshay Dave (Argonne National Laboratory), Thomas Elmer (Argonne National Laboratory), Richard B. Vilim (Argonne National Laboratory)
Heat Pipe CFD Model Validation & Data Generation Strategy to Aid Real-Time Prediction with Neural Operators
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Jack Gerrity (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Arnav Goyal (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Logan M. Schultz (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Implementation and Demonstration of the Digital-Twin Certification System Remote-Operations Framework
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Joseph Oncken (Idaho National Laboratory), Thomas A. Ulrich (Idaho National Laboratory), Jack M. Cavaluzzi (Idaho National Laboratory)
Securing SDN-Based Advanced Reactors Against DDoS Attacks Using Quantum-Inspired Ensemble Models
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Sajedul Talukder (UTEP), Md Jahangir Alam (UTEP), Syed Bahauddin Alam (UIUC)
Digital Controls and Simulation Driven Digital Twins
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Robert T. England (Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division)
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