Autonomous Control and Operation of Nuclear Reactors: II -- ANS / Conferences / 2025 ANS Annual Conference / Nuclear Plant Instrumentation and Control & Human-Machine Interface Technology (NPIC&HMIT 2025)

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A Risk-Informed Approach to Trustworthiness Assessment in Digital Twins-Based Autonomous Control

10:00–10:20AM CDT

Nicholas Cittadino (NCSU), Paridhi Athe (NCSU), Linyu Lin (INL), Nam Dinh (NCSU)

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Microreactor Load-Following Reactivity Control with a Second-Order Sliding Mode Control

10:20–10:40AM CDT

Kamal K. Abdulraheem (Univ. Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. Michigan), Qicang Shen (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)

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Microreactor Automated Control System Test Bed Digital Architecture for Real-Time, Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation

10:40–11:00AM CDT

Jono McConnell (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL), Wesley Williams (ORNL), Andrew Heim (INL)

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Predicting Reactor Response to Control Actions for Autonomous Operation Using AI/ML

11:00–11:20AM CDT

Zachery Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Vasili (Purdue Univ.), William Richards (Purdue Univ.), Konstantinos Gkouliaras (Purdue Univ.), Vasileos Theos (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)

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Development of a Supervisory Control System as a Transition Technology Towards Autonomy in Plant Operations

11:20–11:40AM CDT

L. Fortier (MIT), S. Cetiner (INL)

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