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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Friday, December 3, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Student Assistant:
Matthew Hageman
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Neutron Spectra and Correlation Coefficient Convergence When Designing a Microreactor Experiment with MCNP®/Whisper
10:05–10:25AM EST
Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. of New Mexico), Holly R. Trellue (LANL), Mikaela e. Blood (LANL)
Paper
Testing of an Optical Fiber Based Gamma Thermometer in the Ohio State University Research Reactor
10:25–10:45AM EST
Anthony Birri (Ohio State Univ.), Joshua Jones (Ohio State Univ.), Thomas E. Blue (Ohio State Univ.)
The Current Status of the In-Core Testing Program for an Optical Fiber Based Gamma Thermometer at the Texas A&M University Research Reactor
10:45–11:05AM EST
J. Tyler Gates (Texas A&M Univ.), Noah Morton (Texas A&M Univ.), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M Univ.)
ACCRUE - An Integral Similarity Index in Support of Neutronic Model Validation
11:05–11:25AM EST
Jeongwon Seo (Purdue Univ.), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.), Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Antineutrino-Based Machine Learning Analysis for Small Reactor Composition Verification
11:25–11:45AM EST
Matthew Dunbrack (Georgia Institute of Technology), Christopher Stewart (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Anna Erickson (Georgia Institute of Technology)
