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From the pages of Nuclear News: Industry update September 2024
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:
BWXT advanced nuclear reactor agreement signed
Burns & McDonnell, a family of construction and design companies, has entered into an agreement with BWX Technologies to further advance the design and development of the BWXT BANR microreactor, which has a “passively safe design” for powering remote facilities while providing a carbon-free source of heat and electricity. The two companies completed the first phase of their collaboration in early 2024 and intend to complete the second phase by the third quarter of 2025. Burns & McDonnell is helping BWXT develop the balance-of-plant systems for the BANR, generate the power plant layout, and perform preconstruction planning. Its scope of work also includes developing power cycle architecture, identifying critical components, integrating site design, and supporting steam and power distribution infrastructure and reactor building structures. The Wyoming Energy Authority is currently evaluating the feasibility of using the BANR in a state nuclear market for baseload heat and power deployed for remote industrial users, such as mining operations.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Coral C
Session Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Alternate Chair:
Victor Petrov
Session Organizer:
Ferry Roelofs
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Assessment of Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) with Transfer Learning (TL) for Incompressible Turbulent Flows
10:00–10:20AM EST
Yew Hoe Wong (Imperial College London), Yu Duan (Imperial College London), Lisa Lampunio (Imperial College London), Matthew D. Eaton (Imperial College London), Michael J.Bluck (Imperial College London)
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Prediction and Uncertainty Quantification of Critical Heat Flux -- A Comparison Between Generative Conditional VAEs and DNNs
10:20–10:40AM EST
Farah Ra'ed H. Alsafadi (NCSU), Aidan Furlong (NCSU), Xu Wu (NCSU)
BISON-Machine-Learning Hybrid Approach for Predicting the Thermal Behaviors in Advanced Test Reactor Capsules
10:40–11:00AM EST
Han Bao (INL), Takanori Kajihara (INL), Austin D. Fleming (INL), Ryan T. Sweet (INL), Adam Zabriskie (INL)
Quantifying Model Uncertainty of Neural-Network Based Turbulence Closures
11:00–11:20AM EST
Cody Grogan (Utah State), Som Dutta (Utah State), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Somayajulu Dhulipala (INL), Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State)
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Critical Heat Flux Prediction and Uncertainty Analysis in Single Channel Heated Systems
11:20–11:40AM EST
christopher lepore (Delta Energy Group New York), Bao-wen Yang (Delta Energy Group New York), Eric Yang (Delta Energy Group New York), Jeremy Silber (Delta Energy Group New York), Stephanie Yang (Delta Energy Group New York)
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