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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
Technical Session|Computational Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning
Saturday, April 6, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Engineering Services Building Room 122
Session Chair:
Alexander S. Hauck (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Aaron P. Fjeldsted (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Investigation of Alternative Materials For Neutron Spectrum Hardening
10:15–10:35AM EDT
Nikolaus R. Kemper (Penn State), Amanda M. Johnsen (Penn State)
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Multiphysics Explicit Simulation of Randomly Distributed TRISO Fuel Particles
10:35–10:55AM EDT
Aya Hegazy (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rizwan Uddin (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
A High-Fidelity Multiphysics Computational Model for Pebble Bed Gas Reactor Based on Open-Source Software
10:55–11:15AM EDT
KASHMINDER S. MEHTA (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Braden Goddard (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to the Temperature Reconstruction of Heated Surfaces.
11:15–11:35AM EDT
Luiz C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), Victor Coppo Leite (INL), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Lesley Wright (TAMU), Pramatha Bhat (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU), Lander Ibarra (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL)
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