This paper describes an investigation of various automated control strategies applied to a
full-core multiphysics Griffin/Bison/RELAP-7 model of a prototypical nuclear thermal …

Advanced reactor concepts span the spectrum from heat pipe–cooled microreactors,
through thermal and fast molten-salt reactors, to gas-and salt-cooled pebble bed reactors …

DireWolf is a multiphysics software driver application designed to simulate heat pipe–cooled
nuclear microreactors. Developed under the US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear …

Abstract Griffin is a Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) based
reactor physics application for multiphysics simulations of advanced reactor designs jointly …

The traditional modeling approach for sodium fast reactor cores relies on separate physics
models, where the fuel performance, thermal–hydraulics, and neutronics calculations …

This research develops the initial coupling of the Shift Monte Carlo (MC) code and the Griffin
reactor physics code for reactor analysis of non–light-water reactor systems. The novelty of …

System Analysis Module (SAM) is under development at Argonne National Laboratory as a
modern system-level modeling and simulation tool for advanced non-light water reactor …

After approximately 50 years, NASA is restarting efforts to develop nuclear thermal
propulsion (NTP) for interplanetary missions. Building upon nuclear engine tests performed …

Better prediction capability in reactor simulation procedures can result in better fuel
planning, increased safety, and compliance with the Technical Specifications. Motivated by …

Abstract The Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) at Idaho National Laboratory is a
graphite-moderated, air-cooled facility that was restarted in 2018 and is specifically built to …