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On moving fast and breaking things
Craig Piercycpiercy@ans.org
So much of what is happening in federal nuclear policy these days seems driven by a common approach popularized in the technology sector. Silicon Valley calls it “move fast and break things,” a phrase originally associated with Facebook’s early culture under Mark Zuckerberg. The idea emerged in the early 2000s as software companies discovered that rapid iteration, frequent experimentation, and a willingness to tolerate failure could dramatically accelerate innovation. This philosophy helped drive the growth of the social media, smartphones, cloud computing, and digital platforms that now underpin modern economic and social life.
Today, that mindset is also influencing federal nuclear policy. The Trump administration views accelerated nuclear deployment as part of a broader competition with China for technological and AI leadership. In that context, it seems willing to accept greater operational risk in pursuit of strategic advantage and long-term economic and security objectives.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|301E
Session Chair:
Joseph Oncken
Alternate Chair:
Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Data-Driven Model Predictive Control for Temperature Management of Heat-Pipe Microreactor
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Linyu Lin (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL), Vivek Agarwal (INL)
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Integrating Control Methods and Digital Twins for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Jacob A. Farber (INL), Ahmad Y. Al Rashdan (INL), Maria Coelho (INL), Craig Primer (INL), Vaibhav Yadav (INL)
Opportunities and Challenges for Remote Microreactor Operations
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Kaeley Stevens (INL), Joseph Oncken (INL), Ronald Boring (INL), Thomas Ulrich (INL), Haydn Bryan (INL), Megan Culler (INL), Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State)
Embedded Sensing Technologies for Microreactor Online Monitoring
4:30–4:55PM EDT
J.R. Houser (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), S.N. Tyler (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), A.H. Hashemian (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), M. Davis (Luna Innovations), D. King (Fabrisonic)
Presented by Adam Deatherage (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
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