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Aalo and Antares progress on Reactor Pilot Program
Two participants in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program have recently announced significant milestones on their associated reactor projects. Aalo Atomics successfully completed its final design review (FDR), and Antares Nuclear has received DOE approval of its preliminary documented safety analysis (PDSA).
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Friday, December 3, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Columbia 10
Session Chairs:
Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL)
Fan Zhang (Georgia Tech)
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Session Organizer:
Jamie Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Criticality Control Overpack Automation
10:05–10:25AM EST
Catherine Mancuso (Savannah River National Laboratory), Michael Brown (Savannah River National Laboratory), Will Stafford (Savannah River National Laboratory)
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Collection of a Preliminary Dataset for Human-Robot Interaction in Commercial and Nuclear Domains
10:25–10:45AM EST
Cynthia Cho (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Sidharth Nair (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Bethany Isabella Garcia Cornejo (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Ian Krause (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Arrash Setayesh (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Minsoo Kang (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Selma Wanna (Univ. of Texas, Austin), Mitch Pryor (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
Demonstration of Automation Technology for Nuclear Materials Handling
10:45–11:05AM EST
William Stafford (Savannah River National Laboratory), Michael Brown (Savannah River National Laboratory), Catherine Mancuso (Savannah River National Laboratory)
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