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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chairs:
Nicholas Thompson (LANL)
Kelsey Amundson
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Updated Godiva-IV Benchmark Preview
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Joetta Goda (LANL), Travis Smith (LANL)
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CAAS-3S Radiation Testing for Y-12 and UPF with Godiva-IV
Timothy Jackson (Y-12 National Security Complex), James Yugo (Y-12 National Security Complex), Sedat Goluoglu (Y-12 National Security Complex), Kevin Reynolds (Y-12 National Security Complex)
Estimating βeff from Static, Late-Time Feynman Neutron Noise Measurements
Michael Y. Hua (Univ. Michigan), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL)
Equivalent Fundamental-Mode Source Simulations for Spherical Uranium and Plutonium Systems
J. Hutchinson (LANL), A.R. Clark (LANL), N. Kleedtke (LANL), M.E. Rising (LANL), R. Sanchez (LANL), R. Weldon (LANL)
Distribution of Neutrons in a Cold Lucite Moderator
Rene Sanchez (LANL), Jesson Hutchinson (LANL), Travis Grove (LANL)
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