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August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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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|Miami/Scottsdale
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Syed Bahauddin Alam
Session Organizer:
Hyun Gook Kang
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From Simulation to Degradation Estimation: A Digital Twin Case Study of Feedwater Heater
3:15–3:35PM CDT
Yeni Li (ANL), Akshay J. Dave (ANL), Thomas W. Elmer (ANL), Richard B. Vilim (ANL)
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Heat Pipe CFD Model Validation & Data Generation Strategy to Aid Real-Time Prediction with Neural Operators
3:35–3:55PM CDT
Jack Gerrity (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Arnav Goyal (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Logan Schultz (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Farid Ahmed (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kazuma Kobayashi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Implementation and Demonstration of the Digital-Twin Certification System Remote-Operations Framework
3:55–4:15PM CDT
Joseph Oncken (INL), Thomas Ulrich (INL), Jack Cavaluzzi (INL)
Securing SDN-Based Advanced Reactors Against DDoS Attacks Using Quantum-Inspired Ensemble Models
4:15–4:35PM CDT
Jahangir Alam (UTEP), Ismail Hossain (UTEP), Sai Puppala (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Kazuma Kobayashi (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Samrendra Roy (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Syed Bahauddin Alam (UIUC), Sajedul Talukder (UTEP)
Digital Controls and Simulation Driven Digital Twins
4:35–4:55PM CDT
Robert T. England (Curtiss-Wright Nuclear Division)
Risk-Informed Graded Approach for Reliability and Performance Assessment of Sensor and Instrumentation Systems Within Advanced Condition Monitoring Technologies
4:55–5:15PM CDT
Edward Chen (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)