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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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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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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Sunday, May 15, 2022|8:00AM–12:00PM EDT
Haselton
Organizer: Xu Wu, North Carolina State University
Machine Learning (ML) is a subset of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which studies computer algorithms that can improve automatically through experience (data). Deep Learning (DL) is a subset of ML that uses multi-layered neural networks to deliver state-of-the-art accuracy in tasks such as object detection, speech recognition, language translation and others. Scientific Machine Learning (SciML), more specifically, consists of computational technologies that can be trained with scientific data to augment or automate human skills. ML has been very successful in areas such as computer vision, natural language processing, etc. But its application in scientific computing is relatively new, especially in Nuclear Engineering (NE). This workshop aims at augmenting the applications of AI/ML in scientific computing in nuclear computational science, and promoting ML-based transformative solutions across various DOE missions.
Recently, ML/DL have been applied in areas such as data-driven closure model development for nuclear thermal-hydraulics, data-driven material discovery and qualification, Digital Twins for integrated energy systems, small modular reactors (SMRs) and micro-reactors, AI-based autonomous operation and control for advanced nuclear reactors, AI-based diagnosis, prognosis and predictive maintenance, etc. In this workshop, we will have five presentations that cover a wide range of topics, including:
Speaker Slides
Active learning for computational simulations: Application to TRISO fuel failure analysis
Development of Neural Thermal Scattering (NeTS) Modules For Data Representation and Applications
Development of A Nearly Autonomous Management and Control System for Advanced Reactors
Applications of AI/ML from Nuclear Data to Reactor Design
Prediction of PWR Pin Powers using Convolutional Neutral Networks