CX-270051: A Transient Reactor Physics Experiment with High-Fidelity, 3-D Flux Measurements for Validation and Verification - Kansas State University

Kansas State University, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin, proposes to instrument a research reactor with novel micro-pocket fission detectors (MPFDs) for measuring three-dimensional flux distributions.The measured data will be compared to simulation using the PROTEUS tool from the NEAMS toolkit and other tools, paving the way for future evaluated benchmark efforts. The work will use a 3-D array of MPFDs and standard reactor instrumentation to capture highly-resolved flux and temperature distributions for several steady-state and transient conditions.