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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 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)
Paper
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)
