Submissions from 2019
Small Modular Reactor Core Design for Civil Marine Propulsion using Micro-Heterogeneous Duplex Fuel. Part I: Assembly-Level Analysis, Syed B. Alam, Dinesh Kumar, Bader Almutairi, Palash Kumar Bhowmik, Cameron Goodwin, and Geoffrey T. Parks
Small Modular Reactor Core Design for Civil Marine Propulsion using Micro-Heterogeneous Duplex Fuel. Part II: Whole-Core Analysis, Syed B. Alam, Tuhfatur Ridwan, Dinesh Kumar, Bader Almutairi, Cameron Goodwin, and Geoffrey T. Parks
Neutron Flux Characterization of the Beam Port of the Missouri University of Science and Technology Reactor, Mubarak Albarqi, Raed Alsulami, Tayfun Akyurek, and Joseph T. Graham
Neural Network Coupled with MCNP for Neutron Depth Profiling, Mubarak Albarqi, Raed Alsulami, and Joseph T. Graham
Neutron Depth Profiling Measurement for Borophosphosilicate Glass (BPSG), Mubarak Albarqi, Raed Alsulami, and Joseph T. Graham
Achieving High-Power Configuration in Missouri S&T Reactor (MSTR) for Potential Uprate, Thaqal Alhuzaymi and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo
Hot-Channel and Burnup Analysis for Potential High-Power Configuration of Missouri S&T Reactor, Thaqal Alhuzaymi and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo
Low-Power Core Reconfiguration for Missouri S&T Reactor (MSTR), Thaqal Alhuzaymi and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo
Reactor Physics Analysis of Thorium-Based Fuel for Long-Life SMR Cores using Seed-Blanket Fuel Concept, Bader Almutairi, Dinesh Kumar, Tuhfatur Ridwan, Syed B. Alam, Geoff Parks, Cameron S. Goodwin, and Shoaib Usman
Voltage Dependent Pulse Shape Analysis of Geiger-Müller Counter, B. Almutairi, T. Akyurek, and Shoaib Usman
The Effects of Internals and Low Aspect Ratio on the Fully Developed Flow Region and Bubble Properties in a Pilot-Plant Bubble Column, Hayder Al-Naseri, Joshua P. Schlegel, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Efficiency Optimization of a Positron Moderator Foil, Raed Alsulami, Mubarak Albarqi, S. Q. Jaradat, Joseph T. Graham, and Shoaib Usman
Calculation and Tabulation of Efficiencies for Tungsten Foil Positron Moderators, R. Alsulami, M. Albarqi, S. Jaradat, Shoaib Usman, and Joseph T. Graham
CFD Simulations of the Effect of In-Tube Twisted Tape Design on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Natural Circulation, Salman Alzahrani and Shoaib Usman
Numerical Investigation of Flow in Rod Bundle Subchannels on Natural Convection: Effect of Twisted Tapes, Salman Alzahrani and Shoaib Usman
Particle-In-Cell Simulations of Electron Focusing for a Compact X-Ray Tube Comprising CNT-Based Electron Source and Transmission Type Anode, Ashish V. Avachat, Wesley W. Tucker, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, and Hyoung-Koo Lee
Structure and Properties of Mo-Fe-Phosphate Glasses, Jincheng Bai, Jenhsien Hsu, Richard K. Brow, Cheol-Woon Kim, Joe Szabo, and Adam Zervos
The Structure and Properties of Cesium Loaded Mo-Fe-Phosphate Glasses, Jincheng Bai, Jen Hsien Hsu, Prashanth Sandineni, Cheol-Woon Kim, and Richard K. Brow
Recent Advances on Carrier and Exciton Self-Trapping in Strontium Titanate: Understanding the Luminescence Emissions, Miguel L. Crespillo, Joseph T. Graham, Fernando Agullo-Lopez, Yanwen Zhang, and William J. Weber
The Blue Emission at 2.8 EV in Strontium Titanate: Evidence for a Radiative Transition of Self-Trapped Excitons from Unbound States, Miguel L. Crespillo, Joseph T. Graham, Fernando Agullo-Lopez, Y. Zhang, and William J. Weber
The Material Characterization and Gamma Attenuation Properties of Portland Cement-Fe₃O₄ Composites for Potential Dry Cask Applications, Raul Florez, Henry A. Colorado, Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo, and Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo
Evaluation of S-Gamma and AMUSIG Models for Solving Population Balance Equation of Coupled Two-Fluid Model for Large Diameter Channel, S. Hong and Joshua P. Schlegel
Design and Optimization of a Pinhole Collimator for a High Resolution Emission Gamma Ray Tomography System using a Pixelated CZT Detector, Seth Kilby and Joseph T. Graham
A Source Biasing and Variance Reduction Technique for Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Modeling of Emission Tomography Problems, Seth Kilby, Zhongmin Jin, Ashish Avachat, Bryant Kanies, Nicholas Woolstenhulme, Hyoung-Koo Lee, and Joseph T. Graham
Methods of Use and Manufacture of Silver-Doped, Nano-Porous Hydroxyapatite, Cheol-Woon Kim and Richard K. Brow
3D SPN Transport and Diffusion Approaches for the Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Core using Deterministic Method, Dinesh Kumar, Bader Almutairi, Tuhfatur Ridwan, Syed B. Alam, and Cameron S. Goodwin
3D Characterization of Structure and Micro-Porosity in Two Cast Irons with Spheroidal Graphite, Semen Naumovich Lekakh, Xueliang Zhang, Wesley Tucker, Hyoung-Koo Lee, Tara Selly, and James D. Schiffbauer
Interfacial Area Measurement with New Algorithm for Grouping Bubbles by Diameter, C. S.L. Mills and Joshua P. Schlegel
A Modified Packed Bed Radial Porosity Correlation, Gary Edward Mueller
Simulation Study of Alpha-Neutron Reactions from AmBe Directional Source using MCNP 6.1.1 with TENDL 2012, 2014, and 2017 Libraries, Kyle M. Paaren and Hyoung-Koo Lee
Characterization of High-Temperature PCMs for Enhancing Passive Safety and Heat Removal Capabilities in Nuclear Reactor Systems, Rami M. Saeed, Joshua P. Schlegel, and R. Sawafta
Plate Type Heat Exchanger for Thermal Energy Storage and Load Shifting Using Phase Change Material, Rami M. Saeed, Joshua P. Schlegel, R. Sawafta, and V. Kalra
Gamma Spectral Analysis by Artificial Neural Network Coupled with Monte Carlo Simulations, Huseyin Sahiner and Xin Liu
Reactive Not Proactive: Explosive Identification Taggant History and Introduction of the Nuclear Barcode Taggant Model, James Seman, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, and Catherine E. Johnson
Beyond Bubbly Two-Phase Flow Investigation Using a CFD Three-Field Two-Fluid Model, Subash L. Sharma, Mamoru Ishii, Takashi Hibiki, Joshua P. Schlegel, Yang Liu, and J. R. Buchanan Jr.
Temperature and Velocity Instrumentation and Measurements within a Separate-Effects Facility Representing Modular Reactor Core, Mahmoud M. Taha, Ibrahim A. Said, Shoaib Usman, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Bubble Nucleation Characteristics in Subcooled Boiling Flow for Pressure Up to 600 KPa, Yang Zhao, Yu Chen Lin, Joshua P. Schlegel, Mamoru Ishii, and John R. Buchanan
Submissions from 2018
Spent Fuel Analysis Using Six Group Delayed Neutron Parameters, T. Akyurek and Shoaib Usman
3D Modeling of Reduced-Moderation Water Reactor Lattice for P0 and P1 Scattering Approximations using Deterministic and Monte Carlo Codes, Syed B. Alam, Bader Almutairi, Dinesh Kumar, Cameron S. Goodwin, and Saeed A. Alameri
Convergence Studies using Method of Characteristics Solver for the Reduced-Moderation Water Reactor Model, Syed B. Alam, Bader Almutairi, Dinesh Kumar, Cameron S. Goodwin, and Saeed A. Alameri
Design and Modeling of a Neutron Depth Profiling System for the MS&T Nuclear Reactor Beam Port, Mubarak Albarqi, Raed Alsulami, and Joseph T. Graham
Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor Structure Study: A Comparison of the Experimental and Calculated Void Fraction Distribution, Fadha Al Falahi, Gary Edward Mueller, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Benchmarking Calculation of a Soluble-Boron-Free SMR Lattice Model using Deterministic, Hybrid Monte Carlo and Monte Carlo Codes, Bader Almutairi, Syed B. Alam, Cameron Goodwin, and Shoaib Usman
Plenum-to-Plenum Natural Convection Heat Transfer within a Scaled-Down Prismatic Modular Reactor Facility, Salman M. Alshehri, I. A. Said, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, and Shoaib Usman
Plenum-To-Plenum Natural Circulation Heat Transfer in a Prismatic Very High-Temperature Reactor for Different Coolants, Salman M. Alshehri, Ibrahim A. Said, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, and Shoaib Usman
Experimental Investigation on Heat Transfer in a Prismatic Modular Reactor under Cosine Heat Flux, S. M. Alshehri, I. A. Said, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, and Shoaib Usman
Optimizing Moderator Thickness for Reactor Based Positron Sources, R. Alsulami, M. Albarqi, Joseph T. Graham, and Shoaib Usman
Investigation of Flow through a 2x2 PWR Rod Bundle: Effect of Twisted Tapes, S. Alzahrani and Shoaib Usman
The Viability of ADVANTG Deterministic Method for Synthetic Radiography Generation, Andrew Bingham and Hyoung-Koo Lee
Criticality Calculations and Shielding Analysis of the Missouri S&T Research Reactor using Scale-6.2.2, Abdulaleem A. Bugis and Xin Liu
Direct Synthesis of Radioactive Nanoparticles Involving Neutrons, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, Maria Camila Garcia Toro, and Brian Michael Mills
Isolated Oxygen Vacancies in Strontium Titanate Shine Red: Optical Identification of Ti³⁺ Polarons, M. L. Crespillo, Joseph T. Graham, F. Agullo-Lopez, Y. Zhang, and W. J. Weber
Preliminary Study of the Effect of Gamma Irradiation on the Vase Life of Iridaceae Hollandica, S. Dennis, L. Fisher, C. Ware, and Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo
Preparation and Characterization of Portland Cement Pastes with Sm₂O₃ Microparticle Additions for Neutron Shielding Applications, Raul Florez, Henry A. Colorado, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo
Irradiation-Induced Defect Formation and Damage Accumulation in Single Crystal CeO₂, Joseph T. Graham, Yanwen Zhang, and William J. Weber
Corrigendum to "Simplified Two-Group Two-Fluid Model for Three-Dimensional Two-Phase Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics for Vertical Upward Flow" [Prog. Nucl. Energy 108 (2018) 503-516], Takashi Hibiki, Joshua P. Schlegel, Tetsuhiro Ozaki, Shuichiro Miwa, and Somboon Rassame
Simplified Two-Group Two-Fluid Model for Three-Dimensional Two-Phase Flow Computational Fluid Dynamics for Vertical Upward Flow, Takashi Hibiki, Joshua P. Schlegel, Tetsuhiro Ozaki, Shuichiro Miwa, and Somboon Rassame
The Effects of Crystallization and Residual Glass on the Chemical Durability of Iron Phosphate Waste Forms Containing 40 wt% of a High MoO3 Collins-CLT Waste, Jen-Hsien Hsu, Jincheng Bai, Cheol-Woon Kim, Richard K. Brow, Joe Szabo, and Adam Zervos
Average Liquid Film Thickness of Annular Air-Water Two-Phase Flow in 8x8 Rod Bundle, Peng Ju, Xiaohong Yang, Joshua P. Schlegel, Yang Liu, Takashi Hibiki, and Mamoru Ishii
Preparation and Enhanced Thermal Performance of Novel (Solid to Gel) Form-Stable Eutectic PCM Modified by Nano-Graphene Platelets, Rami M. Saeed, Joshua P. Schlegel, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, and R. Sawafta
Effect of Helium Pressure on Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Prismatic Dual-Channel Circulation Loop, I. A. Said, Mahmoud M. Taha, Shoaib Usman, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Experimental Investigation of the Helium Natural Circulation Heat Transfer in Two Channels Facility using Varying Riser Channel Heat Fluxes, I. A. Said, Mahmoud M. Taha, Shoaib Usman, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Corrigendum to "A Correlation for Interfacial Area Concentration in High Void Fraction Flows in Large Diameter Channels" [Chem. Eng. Sci. 131 (2015) 172-186], Joshua P. Schlegel and T. Hibiki
Corrigendum to "A Correlation for Interfacial Area Concentration in High Void Fraction Flows in Large Diameter Channels" [Chem. Eng. Sci. 131 (2015) 172-186], Joshua P. Schlegel and T. Hibiki
Holmium and Samarium Detectability in Post-Blast Residue, James Seman, Catherine E. Johnson, and Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo
Some Characteristics of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Vertical Large-Diameter Channels, Xiuzhong Shen, Joshua P. Schlegel, Takashi Hibiki, and Hideo Nakamura
Buoyancy-Driven Air Flow within Plenum-to-Plenum Facility Down-Comer Channel, Mahmoud M. Taha, I. A. Said, Shoaib Usman, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Natural Convection inside Heated Channel of a Facility Representing Prismatic Modular Reactor Core, Mahmoud M. Taha, I. A. Said, Shoaib Usman, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Radioactive Bimetallic Gold-Silver Nanoparticles Production in a Research Nuclear Reactor, Maria Camila Garcia Toro, Joshua P. Schlegel, and Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo
Direct Synthesis of Radioactive Gold Nanoparticles Using a Research Nuclear Reactor, Maria C. Garcia Toro, Joshua P. Schlegel, and Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo
Thorium-Based Mixed Oxide Fuel in a Pressurized Water Reactor: A Burnup Analysis with MCNP, Lucas P. Tucker and Shoaib Usman
Radiation Detector Deadtime and Pile up: A Review of the Status of Science, Shoaib Usman and Amol Patil
Customized Multi-Group Cross Section Generation with NJOY for Discrete Ordinates X-Ray Computed Tomography and Radiography Simulation, S. Wagstaff and Xin Liu
Effects of Amplitude of Roughness on Heat Transfer, M. Yousaf and Shoaib Usman
Submissions from 2017
Hot Channel Analysis of a 333 MWth High Power Density Civil Marine Core using 3D Neutronic/Thermal-Hydraulic Coupling of Hybrid Monte Carlo MONK with Sub-Channel Analysis COBRA-EN Code, Syed B. Alam, Rodrigo G. G. de Oliveira, Eugene Shwageraus, and Geoffrey T. Parks
Reactor Physics Assessment of Candidate Accident-Tolerant Cladding Concepts for Long-Life Civil Nuclear Marine Propulsion Cores, Syed B. Alam, Cameron Goodwin, and Geoffrey T. Parks
Characterization of Prompt Neutron Spectrum of the Missouri University of Science and Technology Reactor, Meshari ALQahtani and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo
Simulation Study on Electron Focusing for the First Prototype of a Compact X-Ray Tube, Ashish V. Avachat, Hyoung-Koo Lee, and Vaibhav Sinha
Correlation between Cr³⁺ Luminescence and Oxygen Vacancy Disorder in Strontium Titanate under MeV Ion Irradiation, M. L. Crespillo, Joseph T. Graham, F. Agullo-Lopez, Y. Zhang, and W. J. Weber
Role of Oxygen Vacancies on Light Emission Mechanisms in SrTiO₃ Induced by High-Energy Particles, M. L. Crespillo, Joseph T. Graham, F. Agullo-Lopez, Y. Zhang, and W. J. Weber
Studies on the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: Comparative Neutronics Analysis of MCNP6 Code with SRAC95 Reactor Analysis Code Based on FUJI-U3-(0), S. Q. Jaradat and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo
Discrete Element Method-Based Investigations of Granular Flow in a Pebble Bed Reactor, Vaibhav Khane, Mahmoud M. Taha, Gary Edward Mueller, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
An Evolutionary Algorithm for Spatial Discretization Optimization, Edward T. Norris and Xin Liu
Experimental Measurement of ⁵⁸Ni Alpha-Capture Reactions, Kyle M. Paaren and Hyoung-Koo Lee
Resonance Self-Shielding Impact on Neutron Spectrum Determination for Missouri S&T Reactor, M. A. L. Qahtani and Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo
Modeling and Validation of Temperature and Void Effects on Reactivity Experiments at the Missouri S&T Research Reactor, B. Richardson, J. King, Ayodeji Babatunde Alajo, Shoaib Usman, and Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo
Preparation and Thermal Performance of Methyl Palmitate and Lauric Acid Eutectic Mixture as Phase Change Material (PCM), Rami M. Saeed, Joshua P. Schlegel, Carlos Henry Castano Giraldo, R. Sawafta, and Venu Kuturu
Improved Shielding Design with an Accelerated Monte Carlo Simulation for a Neutron Generator at Missouri S&T, Huseyin Sahiner, Edward T. Norris, Abdulaleem A. Bugis, and Xin Liu
Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Unique Scaled-Down Dual-Channel Facility, I. A. Said, Mahmoud M. Taha, Shoaib Usman, Brian G. Woods, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Prediction of Interfacial Area Transport in a Coupled Two-Fluid Model Computation, Joshua P. Schlegel, Takashi Hibiki, Xiuzhong Shen, Santosh Appathurai, and Hariprasad Subramani
An Interfacial Shear Term Evaluation Study for Adiabatic Dispersed Air-Water Two-Phase Flow with the Two-Fluid Model Using CFD, S. L. Sharma, T. Hibiki, M. Ishii, Joshua P. Schlegel, J. R. Buchanan Jr., K. J. Hogan, and P. W. Guilbert
Turbulence-Induced Bubble Collision Force Modeling and Validation in Adiabatic Two-Phase Flow Using CFD, Subash L. Sharma, Takashi Hibiki, Mamoru Ishii, Caleb S. Brooks, Joshua P. Schlegel, Yang Liu, and John R. Buchanan Jr.
Effect of Cooling on Natural Circulation inside Heated Channel Representing Prismatic Modular Reactor Core, Mahmoud M. Taha, I. A. Said, Shoaib Usman, and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan
Natural Convection: A Case of Simple Harmonics, Shoaib Usman
Submissions from 2016
Determination of Optimal Imaging Parameters for the Reconstruction of a Nuclear Fuel Assembly Using Limited Angle Neutron Tomography, M. I. Abir, F. F. Islam, A. Craft, W. J. Williams, D. M. Wachs, D. L. Chichester, M. K. Meyer, and Hyoung-Koo Lee
Sparse-View Neutron CT Reconstruction of Irradiated Fuel Assembly Using Total Variation Minimization with Poisson Statistics, Muhammad Abir, Fahima Islam, Daniel Wachs, and Hyoung-Koo Lee
Portable Spectroscopic Fast Neutron Probe and ³He Detector Dead-Time Measurements, T. Akyurek, L. P. Tucker, Xin Liu, and Shoaib Usman
Deadtime Determination of Helium Detector Using MCNP Code, T. Akyurek, L. P. Tucker, and Shoaib Usman
Deadtime Calculations of Liquid Scintillator Neutron Detector Using Attenuation Law, T. Akyurek and Shoaib Usman
Neutronic Performance of High Power Density Marine Propulsion Cores using UO₂ and Micro-Heterogeneous ThO₂-UO₂ Duplex Fuels, Syed B. Alam, Benjamin A. Lindley, and Geoffrey T. Parks
