Engineering in 5 “Deimos, an Advanced Reactor Criticality Experiment” [Slides]
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Problem: Advanced nuclear reactors come in many sizes, materials, and designs; Criticality experiments are necessary to understand, quantify, and validate these reactors. Approach: The National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) operated by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) conducts criticality experiments; Deimos is a graphite-moderated, beryllium-reflected, high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fueled experiment; Modeling and simulation is needed to design Deimos.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 2310296
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--24-21374
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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