Quantify Stochastic Geometric Effects in the HTR-Proteus Benchmark

Ercanbrack, Spencer [North Carolina State University]; Bess, John D. [J. Foster and Associates] (ORCID:0000000249369103); Seker, Volkan [University of Michigan]; Calvin, Olin W [Idaho National Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000195600356); Ortensi, Javier [X-energy] (ORCID:0000000316853916)

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Quantify Stochastic Geometric Effects in the HTR-Proteus Benchmark

Ercanbrack, Spencer [North Carolina State University]·Bess, John D. [J. Foster and Associates] (ORCID:0000000249369103)·Seker, Volkan [University of Michigan]·Calvin, Olin W [Idaho National Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000195600356)·Ortensi, Javier [X-energy] (ORCID:0000000316853916)

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This presentation covers the work performed quantifying the effects of stochastic pebble and TRISO packing a the HTR-Proteus pebble-bed reactor experiment.

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73 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS HALEU HTR-Proteus pebble packing pebble-bed reactor random packing stochastic packing TRISO

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Ercanbrack, Spencer [North Carolina State University], Bess, John D. [J. Foster and Associates] (ORCID:0000000249369103), Seker, Volkan [University of Michigan], Calvin, Olin W [Idaho National Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000195600356), Ortensi, Javier [X-energy] (ORCID:0000000316853916). 2026-04-23. Quantify Stochastic Geometric Effects in the HTR-Proteus Benchmark. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3391507

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