Advanced Energy Systems Laboratory

 

The Advanced Energy Systems Laboratory is dedicated to exploring, designing, and analyzing new forms of nuclear systems for terrestrial and space applications. We focus an a wide variety of systems ranging from reactor design to instrumentation and controls, while using computational models and deep learning.

 

Research Highlights:

1. Electron Flux of Fluoride High Temperature Reactor
2. US Map of Net Power Generated per Capita
3. Relative Power of Molten Salt Research Experiment under Transient Conditions
4. Plot of Stability Regions of Molten Salt Research Experiment
5. TAMU TRIGA Simulator
6. Flow diagram of reactor startup procedure
7. Core map of TAMU TRIGA
8. Critical Assembly of Plutonium: Vised and Flux Profile
9. Views of Surface Fission Power Reactor with Sterling Engine
10. Edge-Case Opportunity and Vulnerability Mapping using Generative Adversarial Neural Network
11. Block Diagram of Neural Network Architecture

 

Major Collaborations

The Advanced Energy Systems Laboratory is collaborating with Natura Resources to construct a Molten Salt Research Reactor, along with Georgia Tech, Abilene Christian University, and University of Texas Austin. To learn more about our work on the Molten Salt Research Reactor, visit https://naturaresources.org/molten-salt-research-reactor/