Khaldoon Ali Mohammad Al-Dawood

Works (13)

Updated: February 13th, 2026 00:30

2024 article

Advanced Liquid-Metal-Cooled Fast Reactor Core Design Using Modern Optimization Algorithms

Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2024, May 23). Nuclear Science and Engineering.

By: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag n 

author keywords: Liquid-metal-cooled fast reactor (LMFR); sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR); optimization fuel cycle cost; transuranium (TRU) fuel
topics (OpenAlex): Nuclear reactor physics and engineering; Heat transfer and supercritical fluids; Advanced Control Systems Optimization
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 1, 2024

2024 article

METAL: Methodology for liquid metal fast reactor core economic design and fuel loading pattern optimization

Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2024, April 29). Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 173.

By: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag n 

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag n 

author keywords: Liquid Metal Fast Reactor (LMFR); Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR); Optimization methodology; Fuel cycle cost; Low Enriched Uranium (LEU); TRansUranium (TRU) fuel
topics (OpenAlex): Nuclear reactor physics and engineering; Nuclear Materials and Properties; Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 1, 2024

2024 article

Metal: Methodology for Liquid Metal Fast Reactor Core Economic Design and Fuel Loading Pattern Optimization

Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2024, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal.

By: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag  n

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag  n

topics (OpenAlex): Nuclear reactor physics and engineering; Nuclear Materials and Properties
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Source: ORCID
Added: May 8, 2024

2023 article

A Design and Optimization Methodology for Liquid Metal Fast Reactors

Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2023, March 8). (A. Kuzmin, Ed.). International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 2023.

By: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag n 

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag n 

Ed(s): A. Kuzmin

topics (OpenAlex): Nuclear reactor physics and engineering; Nuclear Materials and Properties; Fusion materials and technologies
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Added: March 9, 2023

2023 article

Fuel Cycle Cost Comparison between Lead and Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors

Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2023, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal.

By: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag  n

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag  n

topics (OpenAlex): Nuclear reactor physics and engineering; Nuclear Materials and Properties
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Source: ORCID
Added: May 8, 2024

2023 article

Fuel cycle cost comparison between lead and sodium cooled fast reactors

Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2023, September 18). Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 414.

By: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag n 

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood n  & S. Palmtag n 

author keywords: Constrained nuclear design; Uranium nitride; Levelized Fuel Cycle Cost; Optimization; Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR); Lead-cooled Fast Reactor (LFR)
topics (OpenAlex): Nuclear reactor physics and engineering; Nuclear Materials and Properties; Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
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Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 19, 2023

2023 article

SFR versus LFR Fuel Cycle Cost Comparison

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 128, pp. 668–671.

By: K. Al-Dawood  & S. Palmtag

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood  & S. Palmtag

topics (OpenAlex):
Source: ORCID
Added: May 8, 2024

2022 article

Control Rod Modeling in Liquid Metal-Cooled Fast Reactors

Kiefer, T., Dawn, W., Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2022, January 1). Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2022, pp. 796–803.

By: T. Kiefer, W. Dawn, K. Al-Dawood*  & S. Palmtag

Contributors: T. Kiefer, W. Dawn, K. Al-Dawood*  & S. Palmtag

topics (OpenAlex): Nuclear reactor physics and engineering; Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics; Fusion materials and technologies
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Source: ORCID
Added: May 8, 2024

2022 conference paper

Control rod modeling in liquid metal-cooled fast reactors

Kiefer, T. M., Dawn, W. C., Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2022, July). https://www.osti.gov/biblio/23178744

By: T. Kiefer, W. Dawn, K. Al-Dawood  & S. Palmtag

www.osti.gov
Source: ORCID
Added: January 28, 2024

2022 article

LMFR Design and Optimization Methodology

Al-Dawood, K., & Palmtag, S. (2022, January 1). Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2022, pp. 615–624.

By: K. Al-Dawood*  & S. Palmtag

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood*  & S. Palmtag

topics (OpenAlex): Advanced Sensor and Control Systems
Source: ORCID
Added: May 8, 2024

2022 conference paper

LMFR design and optimization methodology

Al-Dawood, K. A., & Palmtag, S. P. (2022, July). https://www.osti.gov/biblio/23178727

By: K. Al-Dawood  & S. Palmtag

www.osti.gov
Source: ORCID
Added: January 28, 2024

2021 article

MULTIPHYSICS SIMULATION OF URANIUM-NITRIDE FUELED LEAD-COOLED FAST REACTOR

Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2021, pp. 2352–2361.

By: K. Al-Dawood , W. Dawn & S. Palmtag

Contributors: K. Al-Dawood , W. Dawn & S. Palmtag

topics (OpenAlex):
Source: ORCID
Added: May 8, 2024

2021 conference paper

Multiphysics Simulation of Uranium-Nitride Fueled Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor

The International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering. https://www.ans.org/pubs/proceedings/article-50203/

Contributors: A. Khaldoon

www.ans.org
Source: ORCID
Added: January 28, 2024

Employment

Updated: September 29th, 2024 23:57

Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls, US

Education

Updated: May 9th, 2024 20:50

North Carolina State University Raleigh, US
PhD Nuclear Engineering

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