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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Graeme M. West
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
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Staff Producer:
Ashley Jiminian (ANS)
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Automated Image Stitching of Down Channel Nuclear Reactor Fuel Channel Inspection Footage
Michael Devereux (Univ. of Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. of Strathclyde), Graeme West (Univ. of Strathclyde)
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An Innovative Crack Detection Algorithm to Support Automated Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Cores
Efstathios Branikas (Univ. of Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. of Strathclyde), Graeme West (Univ. of Strathclyde)
Machine Learning of Flash Thermography Images for Detection of Early Stage Fatigue in Martensitic Steel
Xin Zhang (Illinois Institute of Technology), Jafar Saniie (Illinois Institute of Technology), Thiago Seuaciuc-Osorio (Electric Power Research Institute), Sasan Bakhtiari (ANL), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Gaussian Process Ensemble for Corrosion Modeling and Prediction in Molten Salt Reactors
Elizabeth Sooby (Univ. of Texas San Antonio), Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. of Texas at San Antonio), Alexander Heifetz (ANL)
Automated Generation of Training Dataset for Crack Detection in Nuclear Power Plant Components
Zhouxiang Fei (Univ. of Strathclyde), Graeme M. West (Univ. of Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. of Strathclyde), Gordon Dobie (Univ. of Strathclyde)
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