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Oklo’s Isotope Test Reactor achieves criticality
Oklo’s Groves Isotope Test Reactor became the fifth Department of Energy–authorized reactor to achieve criticality under the agency’s authorization process, it was announced earlier today.
Criticality was reached at 9:19 p.m. (EDT) on Wednesday at the company’s Groves facility in Lockhart, Texas, according to the DOE.
Technical Session|Modeling and Simulation
Wednesday, October 9, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Kevin Han (NCSU)
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Verification of Mini-Reactor Minor-Actinide Proliferation Resistant Fuel with Burnable Gadolinia in Once-Through Operation Cycle Performance
3:15–3:35PM MDT
J.D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), G.S. Chang (JFoster & Assoc.), P. Moo (JFoster & Assoc.), J. Foster (JFoster & Assoc.)
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Investigating the Reliability of Machine Learning Predictions: Proposed Alterations to the DARE Model
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Ben Manavi (Colorado State), Edward Chen (INL), Vincent Philip Paglioni (Colorado State)
Thermal-Hydraulics Characterization of Triply Periodic Minimal Surface-Based Nuclear Fuel
3:55–4:15PM MDT
Smruti S. Shah (TAMU), Casey J. Jesse (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Alternatives to MARVEL Power Conversion -- Comparison of Stirling Engine Thermal Efficiency and Design to Other Power Conversion Cycles
4:15–4:35PM MDT
M.W. Patterson (INL), Michael McKellar (Univ. Idaho)
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Model-Based Approaches to Generating Knowledge from Data in a Plant Reliability Context
4:35–4:55PM MDT
D. Mandelli (INL), C. Wang (INL), V. Agarwal (INL), C. Godbole (INL), J. Cogliati (INL)