Publications By Topic : Small Modular Reactors and Microreactors

El-Genk, M.S., T.M. Schriener, A.N. Shaheen, "Machine-Learning Algorithms for Remote-Control and Autonomous Operation of the Very-Small, Long-Life, Modular (VSLLIM) Microreactor". J. Nuclear Engineering, 6(4), 54, 2025. [See Technical Report UNM-ISNPS-02-2025 for more information]
El Genk, M.S., T.M. Schriener, L. Palomino, "Passive and Walk-Away Safe Small and Micro Reactors for Electricity Generation and Production of Process Heat for Industrial Uses". J. Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science, 7, 031302 1-12, 2021.
El Genk, M.S., T.M. Schriener, L. Palomino, "Walk-Away Safe Modular Small and Micro Reactors for Electricity Generation and Process Heat". Proceedings of the 2020 28th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering Joint with the ASME 2020 Power Conference IC, 2020.
El-Genk, M. S., and L. M. Palomino, "A Walk-Away Safe, Very Small, Long-LIfe, Modular (VSLLIM) Reactor for portable and Stationary Power". Annals of Nuclear Energy, 129, 181-198, 2019. [See Technical Report UNM_ISNPS-1-2019 for more information]
Palomino, L. M. and M.S. El-Genk, "CFD Analyses of Liquid Sodium Heat Transfer in 19-rod Hexagonal Bundles with Scalloped Walls". International J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 144, 118637, 2019.
Palomino, L. M., M. S. El-Genk, and T. M. Schriener, "Post-Operation Dose Rate Estimates for Very-Small, Long-LIfe, Modular (VSLLIM) Reactor". ASME Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science, 115, 2019. [See Technical Report UNM_ISNPS-1-2019 for more information]
Palomino, L. M. and M.S. El-Genk, "VSLLIM - Passive Decay Heat Removal by Natural Circulation of Ambient Air". J. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 11, 50-65, 2019. [See Technical Report UNM_ISNPS-1-2019 for more information]
El-Genk, M. S. and T. M. Schriener, "Convection Heat Transfer of Alkali Liquid Metals and LBE in Hexagonal Bundles of Uniformly Heated Tubes with Helical Spacers". Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 5, 339-350, 2018.
El-Genk, M. S. and T. M. Schriener, "Post-Operation Radiological Source Term and Dose Estimates for the Scalable LIquid Metal-cooled small Modular Reactor". Annals of Nuclear Energy , 115, 442-458, 2018.
Schriener, T. M., and M. S. El-Genk, "Transient and Safety Analyses of "SLIMM" - a Walkaway Safe Small Modular Reactor". Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Power Generation, 7:3, 442-458, 2018.
El-Genk, M. S. and T. M. Schriener, "A Review and Correlations for Convection Heat Transfer and Pressure Losses in Toroidal and Helically Coiled Tubes". J. Heat Transfer Engineering, 38(5), 2017.
El-Genk, M. S. and T. M. Schriener, "A Review of Experimental Data and Heat Transfer Correlations for Parallel Flow of Alkali Liquid Metals and Lead-Bismuth Eutectic in Bundles". J. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 317, 2017.
El-Genk, M. S., L. M. Palomino, and T. M. Schriener, "Low-Enrichment and Long-Life Scalable LIquid Metal Cooled Small Modular Reactor (SLIMM-1.2)". J. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 316, 163-185, 2017.
Haskins, D. A. and M. S. El-Genk, "Natural Circulation Thermal-hydraulics Model and Analyses of "SLIMM"- A Small Modular Reactor". Annals of Nuclear Energy, 101, 516-527, 2017.
El-Genk, M. S., "A Fail Safe, Passive Operation Small Modular Nuclear Reactor for Electricity Generation and Process Heat Production". Proceedings AIChE Annual Meeting, 2016.
Haskins, D. A. and M. S. El-Genk, "CFD Analyses and Correlation of Pressure Losses on the Shell-Side of Concentric, Helically-Coiled Tubes Heat Exchanger". J. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 305, 531-546, 2016.
Palomino, L. and M. S. El-Genk, "CFD and Thermal-Hydraulics Analyses of "SLIMM" Reactor Passive Decay Heat Removal by Natural Circulation of Ambient Air". J. Nuclear Technology, 195(1), 1-14, 2016.
El-Genk, M. S., "Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: Potential, Challenges and Opportunities". Proceedings Energy Policy Research Institute Conference-EPRI 6th, 2016.
Schriener, T. M. and M. S. El-Genk, "Convection Heat Transfer Analyses and Correlation for Alkali Liquid Metals in Uniformly Heated Tubes". Proceedings, 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-16), Paper# 13512, 2015.
Schriener, T.M. and M.S. El-Genk, "Convection Heat Transfer of NaK-78 Liquid Metal in a Circular Tube and a Tri-lobe Channel". Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 86, 234-243, 2015.
Haskins, D. and M.S. El-Genk, "Natural Circulation Model and Performance Analyses of "SLIMM" - a Small, Modular Sodium-Cooled Reactor". Proceedings, 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-16), Paper# 13514, 2015.
Palomino, L. and M. S. El-Genk, "SLIMM Decay Heat Removal by Natural Convection of Ambient Air". Proceedings, 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics (NURETH-16), Paper# 13513, 2015.
El-Genk, M. S. and L. M. Palomino, "SLIMM-Scalable Liquid Metal Cooled Small Modular Reactor: Preliminary Design". Progress in Nuclear Energy, 85, 56-70, 2015.
El-Genk, M.S., and L. M. Palomino, "SLIMM-Neutronic Analyses and Lifetime Estimates". Proceedings International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2014), Paper #14232, 1272-1280, 2014.
El-Genk, M.S. and L. M. Palomino, "SLIMM-Scalable Liquid Metal Cooled Small Modular Reactor". Proceedings International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2014), Paper #14076, 438-446, 2014.
T. M. Schriener and M. S. El-Genk, "Neutronic Optimization of UN Fuel Pin Assemblies for a Sodium Cooled, Small Modular Reactor". Proceedings, ASME 2011 Small Modular Reactors Symposium, paper No. SMR2011-6631, 2011.
El-Genk, M.S. and J.-M. Tournier, "Analyses of Static Energy Conversion Systems for Small Nuclear Power Plants". Progress in Nuclear Engineering, 42(3), 283-310, 2003.