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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 6, 2021|10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Ryan G. McClarren (University of Notre Dame)
Student Producer:
Nilay Atul Kulkarni (NC State Univ.)
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On the Use of Machine Learning (Neural Networks) to Deepen Numerical Validation of Neutronic Calculations: Basics and Application to an APOLLO3-SFR Calculation Scheme
10:40–11:05AM EDT
J.-M. Palau (CEA/DES), G. Rimpault (CEA/DES)
Paper
Acceleration of Multi-Objective Optimisation Calculations for Nuclear Burnup Studies Using Intra-Optimisation Objective Expansion
11:05–11:30AM EDT
D.J. Brennan (Univ. of Cambridge), G. T. Parks (Univ. of Cambridge)
Application of Reinforcement Learning Optimisation Methodology to BWR Assemblies
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Majdi I. Radaideh (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Estimation of the Axial Neutron Flux Profiles in the SAFARI-1 Core Using Artificial Neural Networks
11:55AM–12:20PM EDT
L. E. Moloko (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.), P. M. Bokov (South African Nuclear Energy Corp.), K. N. Ivanov (NC State Univ.)
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