Autonomous Control and Operation of Nuclear Reactors: II

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)

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)

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)

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.)

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)