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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|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Chicago Ballroom F
Session Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Alternate Chair:
Xingang Zhao
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Automating Anomaly Detection for Target Systems at Spallation Neutron Source
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Anant Raj (ORNL), Xingang Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Drew Winder (ORNL), Bryan Maldonado (ORNL), Allie Morris (ORNL), Willem Blokland (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL)
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Digital Twin Driven Nuclear Power Plant Health Monitoring, Diagnostics and Prognostics
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Deepak Haste (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Sudipto Ghoshal (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Jonathan Caleb Hudson (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Christopher Michael Norton (Qualtech Systems, Inc.), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee), Vivek Agarwal (INL), Andrew Hess (Hess PHM Group)
Introduction of Key Features of Technical Specifications Operator Support System
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Nokyu Seong (Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Central Research Institute), Jaehee Lee (Korea Hydro Nuclear Power Central Research Institute)
Detecting Process Equipment Failures Using Acoustic Data and Machine Learning
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Jacob A. Farber (INL), Ahmad Y. Al Rashdan (INL)
General Trends Observed in Reactor Power Distribution Synthesis with a Response Function-Based Approach
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Anthony Birri (ORNL), K.C. Goetz (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL)