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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
Monday, June 16, 2025|3:15–5:15PM CDT|Chicago Ballroom E
Session Chair:
Brendan Kochunas
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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The Automatic Reactor Control System (ARCS) Upgrade, Version 2.0 for TREAT
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Benjamin Baker (INL), Andrew Heim (INL), Jacob Hansen (INL), Kirby Hanson (INL), Benjamin Chase (INL)
Presented by Vivek Agarwal (INL)
Paper
Towards An FPGA Asynchronous Motor V/f Control Applied on Safety Functions for Nuclear Systems
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Eduardo Couto Montenegro (EDF), Melha Bitam (EDF R&D), Youcef Mekahlia (EDF R&D)
Demonstration of Methodology for Advanced Autonomous Control in Flexible Power Operation of Multi-Unit SMRs
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Qicang Shen (Univ. Michigan), Jamie Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
A Study on Co-Existing Heterogeneous Wireless Networks for Data Transmission within a Nuclear Facility
4:15–4:35PM CDT
S.A. Mahmud (Univ. Utah), I. Nasim (INL), V. Agarwal (INL), S. Kasera (Univ. Utah), M. Ji (Univ. Utah)
Enhancing Autonomous Control of Microreactors Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Leo Tunkle (Univ. Michgan), Kamal Abdulraheem (Univ. Michgan), Linyu Lin (INL), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan)
Mitigating Error Dependency with Hybrid System Operation: Quantifying Human Reliability Analysis
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Zeth duBois (University of Idaho), Roger Lew (University of Idaho), Anna C. Hall (INL), Ronald L. Boring (INL)