Benchmark Experiments, Development and Needs in Support of Advanced Reactor Design
Title | Benchmark Experiments, Development and Needs in Support of Advanced Reactor Design PDF eBook |
Author | Mark David DeHart |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2023-08-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 283253094X |
Benchmark Evaluation of the Medium-Power Reactor Experiment Program Critical Configurations
Title | Benchmark Evaluation of the Medium-Power Reactor Experiment Program Critical Configurations PDF eBook |
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Release | 2013 |
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A series of small, compact critical assembly (SCCA) experiments were performed in 1962-1965 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Critical Experiments Facility (ORCEF) for the Medium-Power Reactor Experiment (MPRE) program. The MPRE was a stainless-steel clad, highly enriched uranium (HEU)-O2 fuelled, BeO reflected reactor design to provide electrical power to space vehicles. Cooling and heat transfer were to be achieved by boiling potassium in the reactor core and passing vapor directly through a turbine. Graphite- and beryllium-reflected assemblies were constructed at ORCEF to verify the critical mass, power distribution, and other reactor physics measurements needed to validate reactor calculations and reactor physics methods. The experimental series was broken into three parts, with the third portion of the experiments representing the beryllium-reflected measurements. The latter experiments are of interest for validating current reactor design efforts for a fission surface power reactor. The entire series has been evaluated as acceptable benchmark experiments and submitted for publication in the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments and in the International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments.
Advanced Reactor Research Doe Supports Multiple Technologies, But Actions Needed to Ensure a Prototype Is Built
Title | Advanced Reactor Research Doe Supports Multiple Technologies, But Actions Needed to Ensure a Prototype Is Built PDF eBook |
Author | United States Government Accountability |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 2015-06-26 |
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ISBN | 9781511414579 |
According to its 2010 Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap: A Report to Congress, NE's primary mission is to advance nuclear power as a resource capable of meeting the nation's energy supply, environmental, and energy security needs by resolving technical, cost, safety, proliferation resistance, and security barriers through research, development, and demonstration, as appropriate.
The Role of Integral Experiments and Nuclear Cross Section Evaluations in Space Nuclear Reactor Design
Title | The Role of Integral Experiments and Nuclear Cross Section Evaluations in Space Nuclear Reactor Design PDF eBook |
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Release | 1987 |
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The importance of the nuclear and neutronic properties of candidate space reactor materials to the design process has been acknowledged as has been the use of benchmark reactor physics experiments to verify and qualify analytical tools used in design, safety, and performance evaluation. Since June 1966, the Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG) has acted as an interagency forum for the assessment and evaluation of nuclear reaction data used in the nuclear design process. CSEWG data testing has involved the specification and calculation of benchmark experiments which are used widely for commercial reactor design and safety analysis. These benchmark experiments preceded the issuance oflthe industry standards for acceptance, but the benchmarks exceed the minimum acceptance criteria for such data. Thus, a starting place has been provided in assuring the accuracy and uncertainty of nuclear data important to space reactor applications. (FI).
Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors
Title | Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors PDF eBook |
Author | International Atomic Energy Agency |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Liquid metal cooled reactors |
ISBN | 9789201079077 |
Presents a survey of worldwide experience gained with fast breeder reactor design, development and operation. Coverage includes state of the art of liquid metal fast reactor development; lead-bismuth cooled (LBC) ship reactor operation experience and LBC fast power reactor development; and treatment and disposal of spent sodium.
Energy Research Abstracts
Title | Energy Research Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 998 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Power resources |
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1986: Department of Energy FY 1986 budget justifications
Title | Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1986: Department of Energy FY 1986 budget justifications PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development |
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Pages | 2230 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Energy development |
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