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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|1:00–2:45PM MDT|Room 5
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Ensuring Security of Nuclear Plants, Enabling Net Zero in a Conflict-Ridden World
1:00–1:07PM MDT
Chaitanya Ravi (FLAME University)
Paper
Considerations for Introducing Artificial Intelligence into Nuclear Power Plants
1:07–1:14PM MDT
Anna Hall (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
AI/ML Lock and Key: A Methodology to Verify Unaltered AI/ML Algorithms
1:14–1:21PM MDT
Shaw X. Wen (INL), Gustavo A. Reyes (INL)
A Method for Software Failure Mode Quantification Under Limited Data Conditions
1:21–1:28PM MDT
Tate Shorthill (INL), Han Bao (INL), Edward Chen (INL), Heng Ban (University of Pittsburgh)
Human Factors Considerations for Planning Digital Control Room Modernization Efforts
1:28–1:35PM MDT
Brian Green (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Amy D'Agostino (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), David Desaulniers (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
A Review of Mobile Robot Technology for Security Applications at Nuclear Facilities
1:35–1:42PM MDT
Ujwal Sharma (Idaho State), Uma S. Medasetti (Idaho State), Taher Deemyad (Idaho State), Mustafa Mashal (Idaho State), Vaibhav Yadav (INL)
Autonomous 3D Radiation Mapping on Robots for Efficient Monitoring of Next Generation Reactors
1:42–1:49PM MDT
Erika Suzuki (Gamma Reality Inc.), Andy Haefner (Gamma Reality Inc.)
Grid Reliability -- The Criticality of Performing Routine Bus Duct Maintenance
1:49–1:56PM MDT
Mohsen Tarassoly (Electrical Builders, Inc. (EBI))
Exploring the Efficacy of LLMs in Decision-Making for a Specific Use Case in Nuclear Power Plants
1:56–2:03PM MDT
Norman J. Mapes (Battelle Energy Alliance/INL), Brian M. Wilcken (INL), Kellen Giraud (INL), Ahmad A. Rashdan (INL)
Creating Physics-Informed Synthetic Data to Train a Digital Twin for Predicting Reactor Operations
2:03–2:10PM MDT
Jaden S. Palmer (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL), Ashley Shields (INL), Christopher Ritter (INL)
Development of Machine Learning-Based Electrochemical Monitoring for Molten Chloride Salt Reactors
2:10–2:17PM MDT
Wonseok Yang (SNU Nuclear Research Institute for Future Technology and Policy), Hyeongbin Kim (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University), Jihun Kim (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University), Saehyun Choi (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University), Sungyeol Choi (Department of Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University)
Machine Learning Approach to Improve the Resolution Limitations of Aerosol Measuring Equipment
2:17–2:24PM MDT
Hyunjin Boo (Soonchunhyang University), Min-Ho Lee (FNC Technology Co. Ltd), Byung G. Park (Soonchunhyang University)
Source Term Modeling for Advanced Gas Micro-Reactors
2:24–2:31PM MDT
Alexandra C. Raichart (INL), Benjamin Stoyer (INL), David A. Petti (INL)
Investigation of the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle for the Molten Salt Nuclear Battery
2:31–2:38PM MDT
Kristen Geddes (Univ. Idaho), Richard N. Christensen (Univ. Idaho), Vivek P. Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
Material and Ground Activation from Minimally Shielded Transportable Reactor
2:38–2:45PM MDT
Robert J. Demuth (University of South Carolina), Aaron B. Horwood (University of South Carolina), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Matthew Phipps (University of South Carolina), Travis W. Knight (University of South Carolina)
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