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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
Standards Program
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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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Technical Session|Methods
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Franciscan C
Session Chair:
Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. of Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Carlo Fiorina (Texas A&M Uni)
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State Estimation and Control in Digital Twins for TRIGA Research Reactors
10:15–10:35AM PDT
John Ross (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ben Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Demonstration of Microreactor Reactivity Control with Reinforcement Learning
10:35–10:55AM PDT
Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan), Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Kamal Abdulraheem (Univ. Michigan), Moutaz Elias (Lam Research)
Machine Learning Prediction of Pebble History in Pebble Bed Reactors
10:55–11:15AM PDT
Ian Kolaja (Univ. California, Berkeley), Tatiana Siaraferas (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (Univ. California, Berkeley), Jaewon Lee (Univ. California, Berkeley), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)
C3-LPO: A Machine Learning Based Surrogate Model for Reactor Design Evaluation and Optimization
11:15–11:35AM PDT
Kingsley Ogujiuba (NCSU), Jake Mikouchi-Lopez (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU)
Generative AI Tools in the Nuclear Engineering Community: A Survey-Based Evaluation of the Current Adoption and Impacts
11:35–11:55AM PDT
Oskari Pakari (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Alessandro Scolaro (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Carlo Fiorina (TAMU)
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