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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
Monday, July 22, 2024|3:15–5:05PM CDT|University Room AB
Session Chair:
Stephanie Diem
Alternate Chair:
Paul P. Wilson
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Heating and Current Drive Options for a Spherical Tokamak Advanced Reactor
3:15–3:40PM CDT
J.W. Berkery (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), K. Shah (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), J. Menard (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), N. Bertelli (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), T. Brown (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), N. Gorelenkov (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M. Gorelenkova (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M. Ono (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A. Pankin (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), A. Simonin (CEA)
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Surrogate Modeling of Electron Cyclotron Current Drive in Tokamak Plasmas
3:40–4:00PM CDT
Andrew M. Irvin (ORNL), Ehab Hassan (ORNL), Rhea L. Barnett (ORNL), Mark R. Cianciosa (ORNL)
Non-Inductive Current Ramp-up in Low Aspect Ratio Tokamaks
4:00–4:20PM CDT
R. Raman (Univ. Washington)
Novel Prototype Component Design for the ITER Ion Cyclotron Heating and Matching System
4:20–4:40PM CDT
J. Appanam Karakkad (ORNL), R.H. Goulding (ORNL), Z.C. Wolfe (ORNL), G. Kriner (ORNL), K. Margerum (ORNL)