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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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
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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|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Kane
Session Chair:
Sajedul Talukder
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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Predictive Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification in Condition Monitoring of Active Components: A Reactor Coolant Pump Use Case
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Chaitee M. Godbole (Idaho National Laboratory), Edward Chen (Idaho National Laboratory), Vaibhav Yadav (Idaho National Laboratory), Vivek Agarwal (Idaho National Laboratory), Syed B. Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
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Fiber Optic Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plants: Challenges and Opportunities
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Holden Hyer (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Anthony Birri (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Daniel C. Sweeney (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Xingchang Zhang (Idaho National Laboratory), Austin D. Fleming (Idaho National Laboratory), Pattrick Calderoni (Idaho National Laboratory), Christian M. Petrie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
High-Temperature Magnetostrictive Acoustic Emission Transducer for Fuel Pin Burst Detection
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Bibo Zhong (Idaho National Laboratory), Joshua Daw (Idaho National Laboratory)
Advanced Manufactured Strain Sensors for Extreme Environments
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Timothy L. Phero (Boise State University), Amey R. Khanolkar (Idaho National Laboratory), James A. Smith (Idaho national laboratory), Michael D. McMurtrey (Idaho National Laboratory), David Estrada (Boise State University), Brian Jaques (Boise State University)
Optimus-Q: Utilizing Blockchain Federated Learning in Adaptive Human Robots for Intelligent NPP Operations through Quantum Cryptography
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Sai Puppala (SIU), Ismail Hossain (University of Texas at El Paso), Md J. Alam (University of Texas at El Paso), Kazuma Kobayashi (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Samrendra Roy (Young Members Group), Syed Bahauddin Alam (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Sajedul Talukder (UTEP)
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