[Seminar] Sensing, Instrumentation and Controls: Challenges and Research Opportunities to Advance the State-of-the-Art of Operations for Future Nuclear Systems - Department of Nuclear Engineering [Seminar] Sensing, Instrumentation and Controls: Challenges and Research Opportunities to Advance the State-of-the-Art of Operations for Future Nuclear Systems - Department of Nuclear Engineering

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[Seminar] Sensing, Instrumentation and Controls: Challenges and Research Opportunities to Advance the State-of-the-Art of Operations for Future Nuclear Systems

October 6, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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Dr. Sacit Cetiner
Senior Research Scientist
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

 

Abstract

Future uses of nuclear power technologies may include contribution to climate change mitigation, where the installed power capacity and range of applications could be much greater and diverse than with the current plants, mostly light water reactors (LWRs). Such advanced concepts are likely to utilize simpler systems and have higher reliance on passive safety features than is common in the current fleet. As nuclear plants become smaller, the cost per megawatt of electricity increases, with the bulk of this cost being attributed to operations and maintenance activities. Interest in small reactors (<300MWt) and microreactors (<20 MWt) has resulted in a recent incentive to examine and develop autonomous control technologies. Clearly, the nuclear industry must continue to adapt and innovate to be cost competitive with other energy production sources. The obvious technological breakthroughs needed to tackle the human-intensive operational paradigm are those that can deliver significantly enhanced automation capabilities, and the underlying measurement and data acquisition infrastructure to enable such advances.

In this presentation, we will discuss the outstanding challenges of instrumentation and controls (I&C) in future nuclear systems with a particular attention to advanced reactors. With challenges come abundance of opportunities for innovation; as such, the presentation will also include research opportunities. Additionally, we will introduce the recently establish INL/MIT Center for Reactor Instrumentation and Sensor Physics (CRISP), and potential collaboration opportunities.

Biography

Dr. Sacit Cetiner is a senior research scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) with a joint appointment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the Director of the INL/MIT Center for Reactor Instrumentation and Sensor Physics (CRISP). CRISP was established as a research and technology development hub to address the long-standing challenges in the nuclear instrumentation and controls (I&C) area. CRISP is working towards establishing new testing and demonstration infrastructure as well as resources to support the development lifecycle in the advanced sensing, instrumentation, data acquisition and signal processing technical areas. Prior to his position at INL and MIT, Dr. Cetiner was a senior R&D staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the Group Leader for the Modern Nuclear Instrumentation and Controls Group. Dr. Cetiner served as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) technical point of contact for the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR)—a liquid-sodium-cooled fast-spectrum reactor concept intended as a new materials and fuels irradiation facility—Experiment I&C area. Dr. Cetiner was also the DOE Technical Lead for the Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR)—a high-temperature heliumcooled microreactor with additively manufactured fuel and core support structures—Sensing and Controls Thrust. Dr. Cetiner holds an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering—both from Penn State University.

 

Thursday, October 6. 2022
4:00 pm seminar

Hybrid Option  (Speaker is in person)

zoom (link upon request)
or
Room 1202 Burlington Labs

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Date:
October 6, 2022
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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