KiloPower Project - KRUSTY Experiment Nuclear Design

Poston, David Irvin; Godfroy, Thomas; Mcclure, Patrick Ray; Sanchez, Rene Gerardo

doi:10.2172/1196198

Title: KiloPower Project - KRUSTY Experiment Nuclear Design

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This PowerPoint presentation covers the following topics: Reference Kilopower configuration; Reference KRUSTY configuration; KRUSTY design sensitivities; KRUSTY reactivity coefficients; KRUSTY criticality safety and control; KRUSTY core activation/dose; and KRUSTY shielding, room activation/dose.

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Poston, David Irvin ^[1]; Godfroy, Thomas ^[2]; Mcclure, Patrick Ray ^[1]; Sanchez, Rene Gerardo ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, AL (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1196198

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-25540

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; Nuclear Heated Test, Space Nuclear Power

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                    Poston, David Irvin, Godfroy, Thomas, Mcclure, Patrick Ray, and Sanchez, Rene Gerardo. KiloPower Project - KRUSTY Experiment Nuclear Design.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Poston, David Irvin, Godfroy, Thomas, Mcclure, Patrick Ray, & Sanchez, Rene Gerardo. KiloPower Project - KRUSTY Experiment Nuclear Design.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1196198

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                    Poston, David Irvin, Godfroy, Thomas, Mcclure, Patrick Ray, and Sanchez, Rene Gerardo. 2015.  
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