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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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Report spotlights energy sector’s growing nuclear investment
As part of a broader series on the future of global energy markets, S&P Global has released a report on examining the growing interest in nuclear power as the solution to many of the problems the energy sector faces.
To read the full details and conclusions of the report, click here.
Technical Session|Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday, April 30, 2025|8:00–9:40AM MDT|Horace Tabor
Session Chair:
Steven P. Hamilton
Alternate Chair:
Paul K. Romano
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On the Recoverability of Reactor Dynamics from Point Kinetics Data Using SINDYc
8:00–8:25AM MDT
Dean R. Price (INL)
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A Multiphysics Reduced Order Model in TRIGA Reactors Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition
8:25–8:50AM MDT
John R. Ross (Univ. Texas, Austin), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear), Cole A. Gentry (ORNL), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
Load-Following Control in Microreactors with Deep Reinforcement Learning
8:50–9:15AM MDT
Leo Tunkle (Univ. Michigan), Kamal K. Abdulraheem (Univ. Michigan), Maxime Amans (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
Meta-Modeling of the ALGO Code for Optimized Load-Follow Operations in Nuclear Reactor Clusters
9:15–9:40AM MDT
Hamza Benabbes-Taarji (CEA), Jean-Michel Do (CEA), Thibault Moulignier (CEA)
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