Tony H Birri R&D Associate Contact birriah@ornl.gov | 865.341.0165 All Publications A simulation study of the ability to detect power distribution perturbations in the texas A&M TRIGA reactor with self-powered neutron detectors Drift for Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer Advancing Thermal Conductivity Measurement and Modeling for Molten Salts in Gen IV Nuclear Reactors... On the applicability of the Redlich-Kister framework for viscosity estimation of molten halide salt mixtures Thermal Property Modeling and Assessment of the Physical Properties of FLiNaK High-Throughput Prediction of Molten Salt Mixture Density with Supervised Machine Learning Development and demonstration of a rolling ball viscometer for molten salts with near-minimum liquidus NaCl–KCl Towards Realistic and High Fidelity Models for Nuclear Reactor Power Synthesis Simulation with Self-Powered Neutron Detectors FY23 Progress Report on Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Molten Salts Development of Optical Fiber-Based Sensors for Nuclear Microreactor Structural Health Monitoring Testing of an Optical Fiber--Based Gamma Thermometer in the High Flux Isotope Reactor Gamma Irradiation Facility An Overview of the Molten Salt Thermal Properties Database– Thermophysical, Version 2.1.1 (MSTDB-TP v.2.1.1) Development, Testing, and Validation of Fabry-Pérot Cavity Acoustic Sensors for Microreactor Applications Simulating self-powered neutron detector responses to infer burnup-induced power distribution perturbations in next-generatio... Application of the Redlich-Kister expansion for estimating the density of molten fluoride psuedo-ternary salt systems of nucl... Status Update on the Development of Transducers and Bonding Techniques for Enabling Acoustic Measurements of Damage in Microreactor Components Investigation of the thermal conductivity of molten LiF-NaF-KF with experiments, theory, and equilibrium molecular dynamics... Hybrid method for monitoring large Fabry-Pérot cavity displacements with nanometer precision... Design and performance of a variable gap system for thermal conductivity measurements of high temperature, corrosive, and rea... FY22 Progress Report on Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Molten Salts... Calibration of Distributed Temperature Sensors Using Commercially Available SMF-28 Optical Fiber From 22 °C to 1000 °C... Organizations Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division Nuclear Fuel Development Section Nuclear and Extreme Environment Measurements Group