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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|8:00–9:45AM EST|Longboat 1
Session Chairs:
Cihangir Celik
Christophe Destouches (CEA)
Session Organizer:
Michael Reichenberger
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Effects of Heteroskedastic Uncertainty on Optimal Dose Distributions for Additive Dose Methods in EPR Dosimetry
8:00–8:20AM EST
Melody G. Polk (NCSU), Robert B. Hayes (NCSU)
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Towards an Energy Deposition Tally in SCALE/MAVRIC
8:20–8:40AM EST
Cihangir Celik (ORNL), Andrew M. Holcomb (OECD NEA), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Qualifying the Instrument Thimble 11 Position in the Advanced Test Reactor Critical
8:40–9:00AM EST
Dani G. Ottaway (INL), Kelly M. McCary (INL), Daren R. Norman (INL), Michael A. Reichenberger (INL)
The MADERE Platform: Update of the γ and X-Ray Activity Measurements Techniques
9:00–9:20AM EST
Nicolas Thiollay (CEA), Christophe Destouches (CEA), Christophe Domergue (CEA), David Tisseur (CEA)
Update on the CEA Reactor Dosimetry Methodology Developed for Activity Analysis
9:20–9:40AM EST
Christophe Destouches (CEA), Nicolas Thiollay (CEA), Clément Fausser (CEA), Gilles Grégoire (CEA), David Tisseur (CEA)