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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
Friday, December 3, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Fairchild
Session Chair:
Sven Bader (Orano Federal Services)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Session Organizer:
Rob Howard (PNNL)
Student Assistant:
Robin Roper
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Validation of UNF-ST&DARDS Decay Heat Calculations for BWR Fuel
1:05–1:25PM EST
Justin B. Clarity (ORNL), Henrik Liljenfeldt (Noemi Analytics), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL), L. Paul Miller (ORNL)
Paper
Validation of UNF-ST&DARDS Criticality Calculations for BWR Fuel
1:25–1:45PM EST
Conceptional Design of Additive Manufacturing Based Dissimilar Metal Embedded Sensors for TAD Canister Monitoring
1:45–2:05PM EST
Michael Smith (Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte), Sven Bader (Orano Federal Services), Brad Crotts (Orano Federal Services), Yesim Sireli (Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Limiting Dose Rate with Decay Heat
2:05–2:25PM EST
Jun Li (Orano TN), Philippe Pham (Orano TN)
Estimated Maximally Exposed Individual Scenarios in Incident-Free Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation
2:25–2:45PM EST
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL)