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The progress so far: An update on the Reactor Pilot Program
It has been about three months since the Department of Energy named 10 companies for its new Reactor Pilot Program, which maps out how the DOE would meet the goal announced by executive order in May of having three reactors achieve criticality by July 4, 2026.
Sungmoon Joo
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 199 | Number 8 | August 2025 | Pages 1325-1336
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2340171
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This study introduces a novel framework for the robotic decommissioning of nuclear facilities, that focuses on object classification and six degrees of freedom pose estimation from partial-view three-dimensional (3-D) scan data. Addressing the challenge of precise robotic manipulation in environments where acquiring full-scan data is impractical, this framework leverages a deep neural network for initial pose estimation, subsequently refined by a modified iterative closest point algorithm. Our method demonstrates high accuracy in identifying scanned objects and estimating their poses from partial-view scans, validated through experiments with 3-D printed mock-ups. This advancement highlights the potential for significantly enhancing robotic automation in nuclear decommissioning and related fields.