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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Technical Session|Special Topics
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Marilyn Delgado (BWXT)
Alternate Chair:
Han Bao
Session Organizer:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
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Digital Twin Development for Advanced Reactor System Based on Graph Neural Networks Using SAM Code Simulation
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Yang Liu (ANL), Farah Alsafadi (NCSU), Travis Mui (ANL), Daniel O'Grady (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL)
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Introducing the OECD/NEA WPRS Benchmark on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Xu Wu (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU), Oliver Buss (OECD/NEA)
Application of a Physics-Informed Convolutional Neural Network for Temperature Field Monitoring in Advanced Reactors
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), April Novak (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Lander Ibarra (ANL)
Prediction of Turbulent Flow Regime Boundary and Pressure Drop for Hexagonal Wire-Wrapped Rod Assemblies Using Artificial Neural Networks
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Hansol Kim (TAMU), Joseph Seo (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
Physics-Informed Forecasting of NPPs Operating Parameters Using Machine Learning
2:50–3:10PM EDT
Houde Song (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Meiqi Song (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Yanjie Tuo (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Xiaojing Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
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