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India’s PFBR attains criticality at last
Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed it “a proud moment for India” when on April 6 the 500-MWe, sodium-cooled Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) achieved initial criticality. This milestone, which comes some 22 years after the continually delayed PFBR project began, marks India’s entrance into the second stage of its three-stage nuclear program, which has the ultimate goal of supporting the country’s nuclear power program with its significant thorium reserves.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD|Cosponsored by NNPD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Jesse D. Norris (LLNL)
Alternate Chair:
Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL)
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Mich Leana (American Nuclear Society)
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Status of the KRUSTY Benchmark Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis
Jeffrey A. Favorite (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rene G. Sanchez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kristin N. Smith (Texas A&M University College Station), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Fast-Spectrum Critical Assemblies with a Pb-HEU Core Surrounded by a Copper Reflector
George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Joetta M. Goda (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Kelsey Amundson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
TEX-HEU: Integral Experiments with Highly Enriched Uranium and Polyethylene
Catherine G. Percher (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Dave P. Heinrichs (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), William J. Zywiec (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Anthony J. Nelson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Jesse D. Norris (University of California Berkeley)
Update on the Benchmark Analysis of the Jupiter Experiments: Plutonium Moderated by Lead
Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Joetta M. Goda (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Alexander T. McSpaden (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Critical Unresolved Region Integral Experiment Execution
David K. Hayes (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Rene G. Sanchez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Joetta M. Goda (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Jesson D. Hutchinson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), George E. McKenzie (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Travis J. Grove (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Theresa E. Cutler (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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