Nuclear Reactor Program

Superconducting properties of commercially available solders for low-field applications

Hickman, C., Leung, K. K. H., Al-Tawhid, A. H., Filippone, B. W., Huffman, P. R., Korobkina, E., … Swank, C. M. (2025, October 27). Cryogenics, Vol. 10.

Concept of UCN Source at WWR-K Reactor (AlSUN)

Sakhiyev, S., Turlybekuly, K., Shaimerdenov, A., Sairanbayev, D., Sabidolda, A., Kurmanaliyev, Z., … Pham, K. T. (2025, December 5). Physics.

Zirconium hydride thermal scattering law

Švajger, I., Fleming, N. C., Hawari, A. I., Laramee, B., Noguere, G., Snoj, L., & Trkov, A. (2025, August 5). Nuclear Engineering and Technology.

Direct NeTS sampling of nuclear graphite S ( α , β , T ) in Serpent

Crozier, J. P. W., & Hawari, A. I. (2025, May 27). Annals of Nuclear Energy, Vol. 222.

Evaluation of thermal scattering law and cross sections for liquid hydrogen fluoride

Ahmed, T., Fleming, N. C., & Hawari, A. I. (2025, March 29). Annals of Nuclear Energy.

Evaluation of the thermal scattering law and cross sections for α-U3O8 using ab initio lattice dynamics

Gil, J., & Hawari, A. I. (2025, February 25). Annals of Nuclear Energy.

Testing and implementation of LEU+ 6% enriched UO2 fuel at The PULSTAR reactor

Fleming, N. C., & Hawari, A. I. (2024, December 5). Annals of Nuclear Energy.

External Moderation of Reactor Core Neutrons for Optimized Production of Ultra-Cold Neutrons

Medlin, G., Korobkina, E., Teander, C., Wehring, B., Sharapov, E., Hawari, A. I., … Golub, R. (2024, October 18). Journal of Nuclear Engineering, Vol. 5, pp. 486–499.

Irradiation of ultrasonic sensors and adhesive couplants for application in light water reactor primary loop piping and components

Wall, J. J., Parish, C. M., Dixon, J. T., Hawari, A. I., Liu, M., & Breon, L. (2023, September 16). Nuclear Engineering and Design.

FLASSH 1.0: Thermal Scattering Law Evaluation and Cross Section Generation

Fleming, N. C., Manring, C. A., Laramee, B., Crozier, J. P. W., Lee, E., & Hawari, A. I. (2023, January 1). EPJ Web of Conferences.

Ab Initio Evaluation of Uranium CarbideS(α,β) and Thermal Neutron Cross Sections

Crozier, J., & Hawari, A. (2023, January 1). EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 284.

Effects of Hydrogen Bonding on Nuclear Data Development of Liquid Anhydrous HF

Tanvir, A., Colby, F. N., & Hawari, A. I. (2023, January 1). SHILAP Revista De Lepidopterología.

Evaluation of Thermal Neutron Scattering Law and Cross Sections for Calcium Hydride

Laramee, B. K., & Hawari, A. I. (2023, January 1). EPJ Web of Conferences.

FLASSH 1.0: Thermal Scattering Law Evaluation and Cross-Section Generation for Reactor Physics Applications

Fleming, N. C., Manring, C. A., Laramee, B. K., Crozier, J. P. W., Lee, E., & Hawari, A. I. (2023, April 19). Nuclear Science and Engineering, Vol. 4.

Benchmark of Neutron Thermalization in Graphite Using a Pulsed Slowing-Down-Time Experiment

Lee, E., Fleming, N. C., & Hawari, A. I. (2023, February 24). Nuclear Science and Engineering.

Challenge for the validation of high-fidelity multi-physics LWR modeling and simulation: Development of new experiments in research reactors

Frontiers in Energy Research, 11.

High-Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectrometry of Pebble Bed Reactor Fuel Using Adaptive Digital Pulse Processing

Saxena, S., & Hawari, A. I. (2023, February 1). Nuclear Technology.

Effect of Nanodiamond Sizes on the Efficiency of the Quasi-Specular Reflection of Cold Neutrons

Bosak, A., Dubois, M., Korobkina, E., Lychagin, E., Muzychka, A., Nekhaev, G., … Zhernenkov, K. (2023, January 11). Materials.

Growing solid deuterium for UCN production

Korobkina, E., Berkutov, I., Golub, R., Huffman, P., Hickman, C., Leung, K., … Young, A. R. (2022, August 9). Journal of Neutron Research, Vol. 24, pp. 179–191.

Enhanced directional extraction of very cold neutrons using a diamond nanoparticle powder reflector

Chernyavsky, S. M., Dubois, M., Korobkina, E., Lychagin, E. V., Muzychka, A. Y., Nekhaev, G. V., … Zhernenkov, K. N. (2022, December 1). Review of Scientific Instruments.

Investigation of heavy metals in cottonseeds with instrumental neutron activation analysis

Sun, Z., Nangeelil, K. D., Cai, Q., & Lassell, S. (2022, August 11). Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.

Modeling fission spikes in nuclear fuel using a multigroup model of electronic energy transport

Wormald, J. L., & Hawari, A. I. (2022, May 14). Journal of Nuclear Materials.

The Effect of Fluorinated Solvents on the Physicochemical Properties, Ionic Association, and Free Volume of a Prototypical Solvate Ionic Liquid

Burba, C. M., Feightner, K., Liu, M., & Hawari, A. (2022, January 4). ChemPhysChem.

Effect of Particle Sizes on the Efficiency of Fluorinated Nanodiamond Neutron Reflectors

Aleksenskii, A., Bleuel, M., Bosak, A., Chumakova, A., Dideikin, A., Dubois, M., … Zhernenkov, K. (2021, November 14). Nanomaterials.

Characterization and Implementation of A Dynamic Neutron Imaging System at the PULSTAR Reactor

Datta, A., & Hawari, A. I. (2021, September 8). Journal of Signal Processing Systems.