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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|8:00–9:45AM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Katie Mummah (Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Session Organizer:
Student Assistant:
Trevor Casper
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Scale-Up of the Zeolite-4A Occlusion Process for Radioactive Electrorefiner Salts
8:05–8:25AM EST
Claire Decker (Univ. of Utah), Allison Harward (Univ. of Utah), Guy Fredrickson (INL), Tae-Sic Yoo (INL), Jerry Howard (Univ. of Nevada, Reno), Michael Simpson (Univ. of Utah), Krista Carlson (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
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A Method of Testing Methyl Iodide Adsorption onto Exchanged Silver Mordenite
8:25–8:45AM EST
Heinrik Goettsche (Univ. of Idaho), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. of Idaho), Krishnan Raja (Univ. of Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Adsorption of Radioactive Iodine Using Nanocarbon-Coated Ceramic Substrate
8:45–9:05AM EST
Chaithanya Balumuru (Univ. of Idaho), Krishnan Raja (Univ. of Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. of Idaho)
On Hydriding Uranium-Surrogate Aluminides
9:05–9:25AM EST
Collin T. Andersen (Univ. of Utah), Prabhat K. Tripathy (INL), Michael F. Simpson (Univ. of Utah)