Research Projects Overview
Research at ISNPS
ISNPS possesses a wide range of technical expertise, including: design, thermal-hydraulics and neutronics analysis of gas-cooled, liquid metal-cooled and heat pipe-cooled space nuclear reactors; design optimization and performance of heat pipe radiators; thermal management of Space Nuclear Reactor Power Systems (SNRPSs); transient modeling of heat pipes, including the startup from a frozen state; transient operation, safety and autonomous control of fully-integrated SNRPSs; modeling, design optimization and vacuum testing of high-temperature energy conversion devices, such as thermionic diodes, segmented and non-segmented thermoelectric devices, and Alkali-Metal Thermal-to-Electric Converters (AMTECs); and design, optimization, and thermal and stress analyses of segmented and cascaded thermoelectric converters for SNRPSs and Advanced Radioisotope Power Systems (ARPSs). The results of the research conducted at ISNPS since 1984 have been widely published in refereed technical Journals and Proceedings of technical conferences.
SLIMM and VSLLIM Walk Away Safe Reactors
Nuclear Instrumentation and Control Simulation (NICSim) and the LOBO Nuclear CyberSecurity Platform
Testing and Demonstration of Remote and Autonomous Control Architecture for the Very-Small, Long-Life, Modular (VSLLIM) Microreactor
Exascale Simulation of Thermal-Hydraulics Phenomena in Advanced Reactors and Validation Using High Resolution Experimental Data
Immersion Cooling of High Power Electronics Pool Boiling Videos
