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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
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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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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