How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has built a simulated nuclear reactor test bed to develop the engines ...
Researchers from University of South China, Tsinghua University and Technical University of Munich have developed a whole system uncertainty model and an Intelligent optimized power control system of ...
Kairos Power partnered with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to open a training simulator for nuclear operators. The California-based nuclear company is building its first salt-cooled reactor, ...
Purdue assistant professor Stylianos Chatzidakis, center, and his students interact with equipment that feeds a digital twin of Purdue’s reactor. Source: Purdue University photo/John Underwood. At ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor in Indiana. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates powers about ...
Burnable absorbers are key components in modern nuclear reactor design, serving to mitigate the excess reactivity inherent in fresh reactor cores while simultaneously enhancing operational safety and ...