Pebble-bed Reactors Design and Core Analysis: II

Voronoï Mesh for a Thermally Coupled Model of Pebble Bed Reactor

1:30–1:50PM PDT

Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yves Robert (ORNL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Deterministic High-Fidelity Neutronics Simulation of Pebble Bed Reactors with Pebble Tracking Transport

1:50–2:10PM PDT

Liam Carlson (TAMU), Jean Ragusa (TAMU), Paolo Balestra (INL), Yaqi Wang (INL)

Sensitivity of Thermo-Physical Salt Property Changes on Reactor Equilibrium for Salt-Cooled Pebble Bed Reactors

2:10–2:30PM PDT

Ludovic Jantzen (Univ. California, Berkeley), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. California, Berkeley)

Impact of Cooldown on Pebble Fuel Burnup Prediction Using Machine Learning

2:30–2:50PM PDT

Jason Hou (NCSU), Nick Rollins (NCSU)

Assessment of Worth of Telescopic Control Rods in a Pebble Bed Reactor Model

2:50–3:10PM PDT

Ethan P. Fowler (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gabriel Paramucchio (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Adrien Couet (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Peter Wilkinson (Unaffiliated), Ben Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)