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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.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Longboat 1
Session Chairs:
Joel A. Kulesza (LANL)
Curtis Brown (MPR)
Alternate Chair:
Matthew Anderson (INL)
Session Organizer:
Michael Reichenberger
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A Numerical Investigation and Comparison of 26 Types of Concrete for Shielding in Proton Therapy Facilities
10:00–10:20AM EST
Po-Wen Fang (Nat'l Tsing Hua Univ.), Rong-Jiun Sheu (Nat'l Tsing Hua Univ.)
Paper
Simplifying Radiation Transport Simulations with Cyclone Sage
10:20–10:40AM EST
Daniel Cork (Orthrus Software), Peter Taylor (Orthrus Software), John Billingsley (Cerberus Nuclear)
Machine Learning in Accelerator Shielding: Application Using Convolutional Neural Networks
10:40–11:00AM EST
Rajarshi Pal Chowdhury (Michigan State), Juan Zamora (Michigan State), Tom Ginter (Michigan State), Georg Bollen (Michigan State)
ADEPT -- Virtual Reality Visualization and Real-Time Calculation of Dose Rate Fields for Dose Planning
11:00–11:20AM EST
Anderson Alves (KINECTRICS), Eric Heritage (KINECTRICS), Matthew Smith (KINECTRICS)
Predicting Solution Color in Solvent Extraction Using Machine Learning and Non-Traditional Sensor Measurements
11:20–11:40AM EST
Omobolade Odedoyin (John Hopkins University), Edna Cardenas (INL), Luis A. Ocampo Giraldo (INL), Mitchell R. Greenhalgh (INL), Jay D. Hix (INL)