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MARVEL team shares lessons learned through microreactor development
On June 1 at the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference in Denver, Colo., a team from Idaho National Laboratory presented a session titled “Lessons Learned from MARVEL Reactor Fabrication.” The presentation highlighted challenges that arose as they moved from design to manufacturing and assembly, with a focus on reactor part fabrication, Stirling engine implementation, and reactivity control system development.
Frank Schmittroth, Miriam A. Myjak
Nuclear Technology | Volume 86 | Number 1 | July 1989 | Pages 76-79
Technical Paper | Technique | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34285
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Linear programming methods are applied to the design and blending of gas tags. Gas tagging is a technique for identifying breached components in liquidmetal reactors. Linear programming algorithms give an effective method to achieve reliable gas tag designs at minimum cost.
