Transformational Challenge Reactor preconceptual core design studies

BR Betzler, BJ Ade, AJ Wysocki, PK Jain… - … Engineering and Design, 2020 - Elsevier
In the nuclear industry, a manufacturing-informed design approach has the potential to yield
the most benefit from advanced manufacturing. By leveraging advanced materials, data …

[HTML][HTML] Candidate core designs for the transformational challenge reactor

BJ Ade, BR Betzler, AJ Wysocki… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Early cycle activities under the Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR) program focused
on analyzing and maturing four reactor core design concepts: two fast-spectrum systems …

Advanced manufacturing for nuclear core design

BR Betzler, BJ Ade, AJ Wysocki… - EPJ Web of …, 2021 - epj-conferences.org
Advanced manufacturing has the potential to revitalize US manufacturing, with valuable
applications in several industries, including aerospace, automotive, and construction. Some …

Conceptual design of the transformational challenge reactor

BR Betzler, BJ Ade, PK Jain, AJ Wysocki… - Nuclear Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Transformational Challenge Reactor is a 3-MW (thermal) helium-cooled
experimental nuclear reactor designed using an additive manufacturing–informed agile …

[HTML][HTML] AI-based design of a nuclear reactor core

V Sobes, B Hiscox, E Popov, R Archibald, C Hauck… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The authors developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm for the design and
optimization of a nuclear reactor core based on a flexible geometry and demonstrated a 3× …

[PDF][PDF] Design Downselection for the Transformational Challenge Reactor

B Betzler, B Ade, A Wysocki, P Chesser, S Greenwood… - 2020 - osti.gov
Continued developments in advanced manufacturing technologies are fundamentally
altering the way components are designed and manufactured. The potential application …

[PDF][PDF] Power level downselection for the transformational challenge reactor

B Betzler, B Ade, A Wysocki, P Jain, S Greenwood… - 2020 - osti.gov
Continued developments in advanced manufacturing technologies are fundamentally
altering the way components are designed and manufactured. The potential application …

Artificial intelligence-driven thermal design for additively manufactured reactor cores

E Popov, R Archibald, B Hiscox, V Sobes - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper describes application of machine learning (ML), specifically deep learning and
Gaussian processes, to optimize the design of complex nuclear engineering systems for …

[HTML][HTML] On the advantages of radial variation in assembly design for a nuclear reactor core

V Sobes, E Popov, R Archibald, B Hiscox… - Nuclear Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The geometric flexibility of additively manufactured metals and ceramics generates a vast,
open design space requiring advanced modeling and simulation tools for physics …

Artificial Intelligence for Multiphysics Nuclear Design Optimization with Additive Manufacturing

BD Hiscox, EL Popov, RK Archibald, V Sobes, B Ade… - 2021 - osti.gov
The geometric flexibility of additively manufactured metals and ceramics generates a very
large and open design space that requires advanced modeling and simulation tools for …