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Researchers demonstrate remote real-time adjustment of PUR-1 reactor
The remote, automatic, real-time adjustment of a research reactor’s power by a geographically distributed control system has been reported by researchers from Idaho National Laboratory, the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, and Purdue University. The investigators first used an automatic adjustment “digital control loop” system to demonstrate remote adjustments of Purdue’s PUR-1 research reactor. They then applied a reinforcement learning model that simulates the interaction of physical forces inside the reactor, making the loop system more autonomous.
Fang Wang, Jin Wang, Pengcheng Long, Liqin Hu, Shanqi Chen, Jiaqun Wang, Miao Nie, Dagui Wang, Run Yuan, Yinlong Xu, Yican Wu, FDS Team (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Transactions | Volume 113 | Number 1 | October 2015 | Pages 791-794
