Radiation Transport Modeling of Gamma Ray Tomography System
Department
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Major
Nuclear Engineering
Research Advisor
Graham, Joseph
Advisor's Department
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Funding Source
Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE)
Abstract
New accident-tolerant nuclear fuel designs that incorporate advanced safety features and economy are being designed to advance the next generation of nuclear reactors. Experiments are being conducted at nuclear test reactors to determine the overall reliability and performance of the accident-tolerant fuel at both normal operating conditions and beyond-design conditions. This project was tasked with modeling a high-resolution submersible gamma computed tomography (CT) system that utilizes a strong gamma ray source and an array of radiation detectors to measure the transmission of gamma rays from the source through the fuel. The transport of radiation in the tomography system was modeled in the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) software, which was used to evaluate system performance at various design parameters.
Biography
Meelap Coday is a senior in Nuclear Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He will be graduating in May of 2018 with a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics. He is a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and was also the vice president of the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Upper Atrium
Presentation Date
17 Apr 2018, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Radiation Transport Modeling of Gamma Ray Tomography System
Upper Atrium
New accident-tolerant nuclear fuel designs that incorporate advanced safety features and economy are being designed to advance the next generation of nuclear reactors. Experiments are being conducted at nuclear test reactors to determine the overall reliability and performance of the accident-tolerant fuel at both normal operating conditions and beyond-design conditions. This project was tasked with modeling a high-resolution submersible gamma computed tomography (CT) system that utilizes a strong gamma ray source and an array of radiation detectors to measure the transmission of gamma rays from the source through the fuel. The transport of radiation in the tomography system was modeled in the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) software, which was used to evaluate system performance at various design parameters.
Comments
Joint project with Reagan Dugan