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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|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|4:20–5:45PM EST |Fairchild
Session Chairs:
Hatice Akkurt
Sven Bader (Orano Federal Services)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Student Assistant:
Grace Stanke
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Augmentation and Bounding of i-LAMP via Addition of Panels from an Operating Spent Fuel Pool
4:25–4:45PM EST
Hatice Akkurt (EPRI)
Paper
Demonstration of i-LAMP via Case Studies and Proposed Implementation Path
4:45–5:05PM EST
A Practical Case Study of a Submerged Encapsulation System for Defective/Damaged Fuel Bundles
5:05–5:25PM EST
Vito Bagdonavicius (ATS Industrial Automation)
Study on Flammable Gas Generation and Radionuclide Release During Underwater Handling of AM Reactor Spent Fuel
5:25–5:45PM EST
A. Gayazov (Sosny R&D Co.), A. Leshchenko (Sosny R&D Co.), V. Smirnov (Sosny R&D Co.), P. Ilyin (JSC SSC RIAR), V. Teplov (JSC SSC RIAR)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees) — Leshchenko_Study on Flammable Gas Generation