Reactor Analysis: General I

Burnable Absorber Core Design Strategies for Soluble-Boron-Free i-SMR Operation

10:00–10:20AM MST

Jinsun Kim (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Company), Youncheul Cho (Innovative SMR Development Agency), Jooil Yoon (KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School), Taesik Jung

Evaluation of Xenon-Induced Core Power Distribution Stabilization after Load-Following Operation in the APR1400

10:20–10:40AM MST

Hoseong Yoo (KNFC), Hyoje Cho (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Company)

Assessment of External Electric Heaters as an Active Safety System for Molten Salt Reactors

10:40–11:00AM MST

Thabit Abuqudaira (University of Massachusetts Lowell), William Schein (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Brandon Reakes (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Sukesh K. Aghara (University of Massachusetts at Lowell), Piyush Sabharwall (Idaho National Laboratory)

Assembly-to-Core OpenMC Fuel Cycle Analysis for A Once-Through PWR-Based Small Modular Reactor

11:00–11:20AM MST

Cody Cline (Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth University)