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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
Thursday, June 17, 2021|12:15–2:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Fan Zhang (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Richard T. Wood (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Staff Producer:
Pat Schroeder (ANS)
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Development of an In-Pile Facility to Demonstrate Autonomous Control of a Subcritical System
Jarod Wilson (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Bren Phillips (MIT), Akshay J. Dave (MIT)
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Development of a Virtual System in Support of Demonstrating Autonomous Control of a Subcritical Facility
Jiankai Yu (MIT), Jarod C. Wilson (MIT), Bren A. Phillips (MIT), Akshay J. Dave (MIT)
Developments in Online Monitoring Technologies for Autonomous Microreactor Operations
A. H. Hashemian (AMS), B. D. Shumaker (AMS), T.S. Gavin (AMS), R.A. Kettle (AMS), W. H. Ferrell (AMS)
Route Operable Unmanned Navigation of Drones (ROUNDS)
Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Mike Griffel (INL), Roger Boza (INL)
Leveraging Distributed Control Systems to Achieve Greater Functionality in Nuclear Power Plants
Joey Carman (Enercon Services), Cory Carmin (Enercon Services)
