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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Diego Mandelli
Alternate Chair:
Jonghyun Kim
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Harnessing Quantum Algorithms in Nuclear Engineering
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Samrendra Roy (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (University of Texas El Paso), Syed B. Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
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A Privacy-Aware Cyber Attack Detection Framework for Advanced Reactors Using Data Fusion and Quantum Deep Learning
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Md Jahangir Alam (UTEP), Ismail Hossain (University of Texas at El Paso), Sai Puppala (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Samrendra Roy (Young Members Group), Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (UIUC), Sajedul Talukder (UTEP)
Data Analytics Methods to Measure Plant Outage Resilience
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Diego Mandelli (Idaho National Laboratory), Shawn W. St. Germain (Idaho National Laboratory), Edward Chen (Idaho National Laboratory), Congjian Wang (Idaho National Laboratory), Ahmad Al Rashdan (Idaho National Laboratory), Svetlana Lawrence (Idaho National Laboratory), Norman J. Mapes (Battelle Energy Alliance/INL)
Capturing Historic Reliability Performance Through Graph Databases: A Model Based System Engineering Approach
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Diego Mandelli (Idaho National Laboratory), Congjian Wang (Idaho National Laboratory), Chaitee M. Godbole (Idaho National Laboratory), Vivek Agarwal (Idaho National Laboratory), Mohammad Movassat (OPG), Daniel Liang (OPG), Eddy Nur (OPG)
Artificial Intelligence Application for Cost-Benefit Analysis of Digital Upgrades for Nuclear Power Plants
2:20–2:40PM CDT
Christianna Howard (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Shawn Belling (University of Wisconsin-Madison), John C. McCague (Sargent & Lundy, LLC)
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