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INL researchers use LEDs to shed light on next-gen reactors
At Idaho National Laboratory, researchers have built a bridge between computer models and the lab’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) microreactor.
Tony Crawford, an INL researcher and MARVEL’s reactivity control system lead, designed a phone booth–sized surrogate nuclear reactor called ViBRANT, or Visual Benign Reactor as Analog for Nuclear Testing, which uses light instead of neutrons to show a “nuclear” reaction.
Luke Olson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ernesto Pitruzzella (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jorie Walters (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Elwyn Roberts (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Dave Mitchell (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrew Mueller (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luther Hallman (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Guirong Pan (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Kathryn Metzger (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Benjamin Maier (Westinghouse Electric Co.), John Lyons (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Allan Jaworski (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Ed Lahoda (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jeffrey Kobelak (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael Shockling (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Nathan Capps (ORNL), Jason M. Harp (ORNL)
Proceedings | TopFuel 2022 Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference | Raleigh, NC, October 9-13, 2022 | Pages 156-160
