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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 RPSD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Gunston
Session Chair:
Lawrence H. Heilbronn
Alternate Chair:
Jeffrey Favorite (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Lucas M. Rolison
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Breakdown of Assumptions for 1D Radiation Transport in Air: Considerations for Detector Response
2:40–3:00PM EST
M.L. Mika (Univ. of Florida), L. M. Rolison (LANL), M. L. Fensin (LANL)
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Outlook on Adjoint Radiation Transport Tool for Active-Passive Shielding Analysis
3:00–3:20PM EST
Luke Stegeman (Kansas State Univ.), Stojan M. Madzunkov (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Dan Fry (NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State Univ.)
Computational Assessment of Single Event Upset Rates for 55 SRAMs Assumed on Board the Aircraft Flying from Taipei to Various Destinations
3:20–3:40PM EST
Zi-Yi Yang (Institute of Nuclear Energy Research), Yen-Ting Wen (National Tsing Hua Univ.), Rong-Jiun Sheu (National Tsing Hua Univ.)
