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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
Mehrdad Boroushaki, Mohammad B. Ghofrani, Caro Lucas
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 155 | Number 1 | January 2007 | Pages 119-130
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE07-A2650
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In this paper, we describe an innovative method to model and solve spatio-temporal behavior of nuclear reactor cores via three-dimensional multilayer cellular neural networks. This method uses electrical elements and the existing duality between neutronic and thermal-hydraulic parameters of nuclear reactors. The relevant electrical circuit can be simulated by existing professional electrical circuit software. This research goes beyond our previous efforts to use a neural computing approach in the nuclear field. Modeling and solving simple nuclear reactor kinetic equations is now expanded to a complete dynamic calculation, integrating the core thermal-hydraulic models and the relevant feedback effects, in a heterogeneous reactor core.