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2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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Oklo’s Isotope Test Reactor achieves criticality
Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor became the fifth Department of Energy–authorized reactor to achieve criticality under the agency’s authorization process, it was announced earlier today.
Criticality was reached at 9:19 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday at the company’s Groves facility in Lockhart, Texas, according to the DOE.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Plant Safety, Regulations, and Licensing
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Palm D
Session Chair:
Daniel Sluder (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Session Organizers:
Toru Nakatsuka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Kukhee Lim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Track Organizers:
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A Cybersecurity Framework For Nuclear Microreactors
3:15–3:35PM PDT
M.D. Chew (MIT), J. Buongiorno (MIT)
Paper
Intersystem Software Common Cause Failure Modeling of Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Jisuk Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.), Tate Shorthill (INL), Edward Chen (INL), Han Bao (INL)
Development of Korean Standard Input for Off-Site Consequence Analysis
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Yongjin Lee (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Sungyeop Kim (KAERI), Yongjin Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Namchul Cho (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
