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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Carol Smidts (The Ohio State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Staff Producer:
Dan Goldberg (ANS)
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Model-Checking I&C Logics - Insights from Over a Decade of Projects in Finland
Antti Pakonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
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Accessible Formal Verification for Design Assurance of Model Based Critical I&C Systems
Smitha Gautham (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Athira Varma Jayakumar (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Abhi D. Rajagopala (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carl Elks (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
A Pseudo-Exhaustive Software Testing Framework for Embedded Digital Devices in Nuclear Power
Athira Varma Jayakumar (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Richard Kuhn (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Brandon Simons (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Aidan Collins (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Smitha Gautham (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Richard Hite (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Raghu Kacker (National Institute of Standards and Technology), Abhi D. Rajagopala (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carl Elks (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Model-Based Design Assurance and Verification in the Context of IEC-61508 SIL- 4 Standard
Smitha Gautham (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Athira Varma Jayakumar (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Richard Hite (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Christopher S. Deloglos (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ashraf Tantawy (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Matt Gibson (EPRI), Abhi D. Rajagopala (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Carl Elks (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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