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Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
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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|3:15–5:00PM CDT|Kane
Session Chair:
Carol S. Smidts
Alternate Chair:
Stylianos Chatzidakis
Session Organizer:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
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MESAC - A Model-Based Approach for the Safety Analysis of Crane Control Systems in Nuclear Power Plants
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Hervé Mbonjo (GRS gGmbH), Korn Christian (GRS gGmbH), Gebhardt Patrick (GRS gGmbH), Shvab Jaroslaw (GRS gGmbH), Ewgenij Piljugin (Gesellschaft f. Anlagen u. Reaktorsich)
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Formal Safety Assessment Methods in Olkiluoto 1&2 NPP I&C Renewal Project DIMA
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Antti Pakonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.), Lauri Tuominen (TVO), Mauri Viitasalo (TVO), Pekka Nuutinen (TVO)
Experiment Design for Validating the Instrumentation and Control Design Evaluation Method
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Xiaoxu Diao (The Ohio State University), Pavan Kumar Vaddi (The Ohio State University), Carol S. Smidts (The Ohio State University)
A Time Series Forecasting Technical Validation of the PRIMaL Dataset Benchmark
4:15–4:35PM CDT
William S. Richards (Purdue University), Zachery T. Dahm (Purdue University), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue University), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University)
Multi-Agent AI Collaboration for Digital Twin Development and Assessment
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Paridhi Athe (North Carolina State University), Nam T. Dinh (North Carolina State University), Linyu Lin (Idaho National Laboratory)
Comparing Control Performance Between Simulation and Experiment Using the Microreactor Automated Control System Testbed
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Jacob A. Farber (Idaho National Laboratory), Joseph Oncken (Idaho National Laboratory), Maria Coelho (Idaho National Laboratory), Marcio de Queiroz (Idaho National Laboratory), Ahmad Al Rashdan (Idaho National Laboratory)
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