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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.
Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 17, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom E
Session Chair:
Forrest Shriver
Alternate Chair:
Yunfei Zhao
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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Digital Twin Architecture for Cybersecurity Incident Response in Instrumentation and Control Systems
1:00–1:15PM CDT
David Allison (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH), Paul Smith (Lancaster University), Kieran McLaughlin (Queen's University Belfast)
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Metric Learning-based Abnormal Event Diagnosis for Applicability in Nuclear Power Plants
1:15–1:30PM CDT
Seung Gyu Cho (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Prediction of Major Variables in Emergency and Severe Accidents Using Dilated TCN with Uncertainty Quantification
1:30–1:45PM CDT
Min Seon Kim (Chosun Univ.), Ji Hun Park (Chosun Univ.), Man Gyun Na (Chosun Univ.)
Employing a Hardware-in-the-Loop Approach to Realize a Fully Homomorphic Encrypted Controller for a Small Modular Advanced High Temperature Reactor
1:45–2:00PM CDT
Robert S. Lois (Univ. Pittsburgh), Patrick Murphy (Univ. Pittsburgh), Dane Sabo (Univ. Pittsburgh), Luis Felipe Benitez (Univ. Pittsburgh), Daniel G. Cole (Univ. Pittsburgh)
A MEMS-Based Nitrogen Sensor for Early Detection of Spent Nuclear Fuel Canister Failures
2:00–2:15PM CDT
Haythem Draoui (Loughborough Univ.), Zhengliang Fang (Loughborough Univ.), Stephanos Theodossiades (Loughborough Univ.), Antonio Di Buono (National Nuclear Laboratory), Amal Z. Hajjaj (Loughborough Univ.)
Taxonomies of Levels of Automation for Nuclear Power Plants Based on Operational Conditions
2:15–2:30PM CDT
Huijeong Kim (KAIST), Jonghyun Kim (KAIST)
Leveraging Machine Learning Techniques for Health Monitoring of Nuclear Systems: A Case Study Using Real Plant Data from Surry Power Station
2:30–2:45PM CDT
Ahmed Mohamed (Dominion Energy), Ibrahim Tansel (Florida Int'l Univ.), Sabri Tosunoglu (Florida Int'l Univ.)