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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Article considers incorporation of AI into nuclear power plant operations
The potential application of artificial intelligence to the operation of nuclear power plants is explored in an article published in late December in the Washington Examiner. The article, written by energy and environment reporter Callie Patteson, presents the views of a number of experts, including Yavuz Arik, a strategic energy consultant.
Masatoshi Futakawa, Hideki Takumi, Shoji Takada, Yoshiaki Miyamoto
Nuclear Technology | Volume 118 | Number 1 | April 1997 | Pages 83-88
Technical Paper | Kiyose Birthday Anniversary Special / Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT97-A35359
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Vibration tests on an intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) with a helically coiled tube bundle were performed by using a partial model to focus on investigating the complicated vibrational behavior induced by the interaction through the seismic stop between the center pipe and the bundle. The experimental results were compared with the calculated values obtained from a simple model in which the bundle was treated as a combined mass with the center pipe. As a result, it was confirmed that the simple model is useful in predicting the vibrational behavior of the IHX.
