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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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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Lisa Marshall discusses the future of nuclear education
ANS President Lisa Marshall recently sat down with Phil Zeringue, vice president of strategic partnerships at Nuclearn.ai to talk about the evolving state of education in the nuclear world.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|301E
Session Chair:
Nancy J. Lybeck
Alternate Chair:
Jamie Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Use of Novelty Detection or Distance Metrics to Improve Confidence in Machine Learning Algorithm Results
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Nancy J. Lybeck (INL), Cody M. Walker (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Paper
A Study on the Development of a Condition Diagnosis and Failure Prediction System for the Digital Instrumentation and Control System of NPPs
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Chang Hwoi KIm (KAERI), In Seck Jang (KAERI)
Prediction of Trip Parameters and Remaining Trip Time with Uncertainty Estimation in Abnormal Situations of Nuclear Power Plants
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Hyojin Kim (Chosun Univ.), Jonghyun Kim (Chosun Univ.)
Anomaly Detection and Identification Using a Leave-One-Variable-Out Method
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Jacob A. Farber (INL), Ahmad Y. Al Rashdan (INL), Randall Reese (INL)
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