2021/03/09 by Robert Kimpland, Travis Grove, Kimpland, R. +7 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Nuclear reactor physics and engineering #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.05780
openalex publication_date 2021/03/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This work reviewed the historical literature associated with the Dragon experiment and Water Boiler reactors operated at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project. Frisch's invited talk given at the Fast Burst Reactor Conference held the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM in 1969 is quoted. From the literature review, basic models for the Dragon experiment and for a Water Boiler type assembly (aqueous homogeneous reactor) were created that can be used for conducting multi-physics simulations for criticality excursion studies. This methodology utilizes the coupled neutronic-hydrodynamic method to perform a time-dependent dynamic simulation of a criticality excursion. MCNP was utilized to calculate important nuclear kinetic parameters that were incorporated into the models. Simulation results compared reasonably well with historic data.