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Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|301B
Session Chair:
Linyu Lin
Alternate Chair:
Junyung Kim
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Linyu Lin
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Joseph Oncken
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Tim Nguyen
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Kyle Warns
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Adaptive Data-Driven Model Predictive Control for Heat Pipe Microreactors
10:00–10:25AM EDT
Linyu Lin (INL), Benjamin Zastrow (Univ. Texas, Austin), Joseph Oncken (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Paper
Adaptive Model Predictive Control for Heat-Pipe-Cooled Microreactors Under Normal and Heat Pipe Failure Conditions
10:25–10:50AM EDT
Joseph Oncken (INL), Linyu Lin (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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Design and Prototyping of Diagnostic Methods to Support Autonomous Operations of Advanced Reactors
10:50–11:15AM EDT
Tat Nghia Nguyen (ANL), Akshay J. Dave (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
An Interpretation of the Bellman Equation for Risk-Informed Decision Making
11:15–11:40AM EDT
Kyle Warns (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Asad Ullah Amin Shah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Junyung Kim (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
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