Conceptual Design of a Nuclear Microreactor Transportation Cask

Nuclear microreactors are a rising technology with the potential to be fueled at a central facility and transported to the operation site, which would mark the first attempt to transport a fueled commercial reactor in the US. A standard Type B cask may be adapted to transport a fueled microreactor c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crawford, Carmen Sleight
Other Authors: Buongiorno, Jacopo
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2024
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155620