2021
DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2021.1947105
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Abstract: Comet is a general-purpose, heavy-duty, vertical-lift assembly designed for flexibility in conducting a variety of critical experiments. It is currently located at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) in Nevada. In the past, Comet resided at Technical Area-18 in Los Alamos, New Mexico, as part of the Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility (LACEF). The Comet assembly was relocated to NCERC in 2008 and became fully operational in June of 2011. The first critical experiment performed on … Show more

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“…Power DUFF successfully demonstrated the viability of a compact nuclear reactor-driven heat pipe/Stirling engine power conversion system, providing the data and confidence to proceed with the Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTy) Experiment. 14,15…”
Section: Vb Demonstration Using Flattop Fissions Experimentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Power DUFF successfully demonstrated the viability of a compact nuclear reactor-driven heat pipe/Stirling engine power conversion system, providing the data and confidence to proceed with the Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTy) Experiment. 14,15…”
Section: Vb Demonstration Using Flattop Fissions Experimentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There was also a Jupiter configuration which utilized ZPPR plates with higher 240 Pu content. The HEU/Pb system had a negative lead void coefficient of reactivity, but the IEU/Pb had a positive lead void coefficient; this behavior was predicted in MCNP simulations, but it highlights the importance of demonstration experiments to prove that models are performing correctly (Goda et al, 2015;Goda et al, 2019, Thompson et al, 2021b. Work is ongoing to submit these experiments to the ICSBEP as benchmarks (McSpaden et al, 2019b, McSpaden et al, 2020Amundson et al, 2020).…”
Section: Japan Atomic Energy Agency Collaboration Experimentsmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…This also includes many subcritical experiments. These experiments have been documented in a special issue of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Hutchinson et al, 2021b;Thompson et al, 2021b;Goda et al, 2021;Hayes et al, 2021;Sanchez et al, 2021).…”
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