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Development of an In-Pile Facility to Demonstrate Autonomous Control of a Subcritical System

Jarod Wilson (MIT), Jiankai Yu (MIT), Bren Phillips (MIT), Akshay J. Dave (MIT)

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Development of a Virtual System in Support of Demonstrating Autonomous Control of a Subcritical Facility

Jiankai Yu (MIT), Jarod C. Wilson (MIT), Bren A. Phillips (MIT), Akshay J. Dave (MIT)

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Developments in Online Monitoring Technologies for Autonomous Microreactor Operations

A. H. Hashemian (AMS), B. D. Shumaker (AMS), T.S. Gavin (AMS), R.A. Kettle (AMS), W. H. Ferrell (AMS)

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Route Operable Unmanned Navigation of Drones (ROUNDS)

Ahmad Al Rashdan (INL), Mike Griffel (INL), Roger Boza (INL)

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Leveraging Distributed Control Systems to Achieve Greater Functionality in Nuclear Power Plants

Joey Carman (Enercon Services), Cory Carmin (Enercon Services)

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