NucDes'13

Nuclear Design 2013

Space Nuclear Reactors

for stationary needs on the Moon

Nuclear Design, How To ?

Contact : Alexis Nuttin

• 2 articles (cf. bottom of this page) in 4 groups

  • 4 half-articles (parts a & b of articles 1 & 2)

  • Each half-article is studied by only one group

• Understanding and synthesis work in group

  • During brainstorming sessions and outside

  • Questions to ask by e-mail (first to contact)

• Documents to send by e-mail before october 18

  • Slides in pdf, w/o animation (2 max. per person)

  • Abstract in 800 words max. (pdf, 2 pages max.)

Unique session (october 21)

article 1 (parts a & b)

J.D. Bess, Conceptual design of a lunar regolith clustered-reactor system, Nucl. Tech. 166, 215-229 (2009).

article 1, part a : introduction, theory and first analyses (sections I to III.A)

M. Al Bari, D. Jian, H. Palla, L. Zhen

article 1, part b : other analyses, results and discussion (sections III.B to V)

Z. Jie, A. Rai, M. Shukeir, N. Vujisikj

article 2 (parts a & b)

M.S. El-Genk, Long operation life reactor for lunar surface power, Nucl. Eng. Design 241, 2339-2352 (2011).

article 2, part a : introduction, PeBR design and power system (sections 1 to 2)

N. Akhade, O. Askan, M. Ritesh

article 2, part b : PeBR design analyses, results and conclusions (sections 3 to 6)

M. Abdelrahman, R. Cirillo, G. Sen, A. Zhezherun