Joy Shen

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Pre-conceptual Design Activities of the NIST Neutron Source: Preliminary Thermal-hydraulics Assessments

February 10, 2025

Author(s)

Abdullah Weiss, Anil Gurgen, Evan Bures, Joy Shen

The NIST Neutron Source (NNS) is the proposed reactor for ensuring continued future availability of neutrons for the United States' scientific needs. The NNS

NIST Neutron Source Pre-Conceptual Design

February 10, 2025

Author(s)

David Diamond, Abdullah Weiss, Osman Celikten, Jeremy Cook, Dagistan Sahin, Hubert King, Anil Gurgen, Joy Shen

A pre-conceptual design has been completed for a NIST Neutron Source (NNS). It would replace the existing facility at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR

Thermal-hydraulic Assessment of the Proposed NIST Neutron Source Design

October 6, 2023

Author(s)

Anil Gurgen, Abdullah Weiss, Joy Shen

To replace the ageing reactor at the NIST Center for Neutron Research, a new reactor design is proposed, namely the NIST Neutron Source or NNS. The NNS will

A Turbulence Model Sensitivity Analysis on the Hydraulic Behavior in the Inlet Plenum of the Proposed NIST Neutron Source Design

August 20, 2023

Author(s)

Abdullah Weiss, Joy Shen, Anil Gurgen

The NIST Neutron Source, or NNS, is a proposed reactor designed to eventually replace the aging National Bureau of Standards Reactor at the NIST Center for

A Turbulence Model Sensitivity Analysis of Thermal-Hydraulic Properties on The Pre-Conceptual NIST Neutron Source Design

May 26, 2023

Author(s)

Joy Shen, Abdullah Weiss, Anil Gurgen, Idan Baroukh

The current reactor at the NIST, the National Bureau of Standards Reactor (NBSR) was operational in 1967, serving as a premiere user-facility to the

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