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Developments and benchmarking applications for Grasshopper : a Geant4 based physics simulation tool
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Current particle physics simulations take place largely within small communities developing limited tools for specific areas of study. These particle simulations are essential to evaluating environments outside of the realm ...
Development of an experimental technique to investigate droplet cooling phenomena on accident tolerant fuel materials
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Droplet cooling is used in many heat removal applications, including core spray coolers in boiling water reactors. As new accident tolerant fuels are developed, understanding how they respond to droplet cooling is important ...
Performance impact of ion sources in Inertial Electrostatic Confinement devices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In order to improve the performance of Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) based fusion devices, so as to improve their effectiveness as low cost, portable neutron sources, a novel use of ion sources is proposed as a ...
Multi-scale investigations of the Resistance to helium embrittlement with Direct Energy Deposited Inconel 718
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
To address the high levels of helium production in advanced fission and fusion reactors, in an economical manner, Direct Energy Deposition (DED) was utilized with the existing alloy, Inconel 718. Based on previous works ...
Mapping and analyzing nuclear weapons programs development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
An in-depth review of the types of nuclear reactors and their relationship to the development of nuclear weapons was conducted in order to provide a better understanding of the intention of a state in the creation of an ...
Evaluation of material attractiveness to non-state actors of various nuclear materials in Thorium fuel cycles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Thorium-based fuel cycles for advanced nuclear reactors have been explored to utilize thorium resources in nations where uranium is scarce, increase fissile material utilization, and enhance proliferation resistance. As a ...
Application of genetic algorithm and deep reinforcement learning for in-core fuel management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The nuclear reactor core is composed of few hundred assemblies. The loading of these assemblies is done with the goal of reducing its overall cost while maintaining safety limits. Typically, the core designers choose a ...
Assessment of a compact steam generator aided by computational fluid dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Steam generators are an essential component in nuclear power plants which serve to transfer thermal power from a liquid coolant to steam by boiling water. Even with many advancements in the designs of steam generators, ...