Advanced Reactor Concepts (ARC)

Ali Zamani Paydar is currently a nuclear engineer researcher and mechanical engineer, studying advanced reactor technology from the perspective of deploying emerging advanced nuclear reactor concepts. Ali earned a bachelor’s degree in atomic physics from the University of Tehran and earned his master’s degree in nuclear engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic). After graduation, he pursued his career as a nuclear researcher and mechanical engineer, specifically in the field of thermal hydraulics and heat transfer of Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR). His main areas of focus are computational fluid dynamics and thermal hydraulics of nuclear reactors from a safety perspective in situations such as boiling, flow instability, and critical heat flux in generation IV nuclear reactors and strategic plans for the proper development of this technology in human life. He has published several papers and books on nuclear technology. Seyed Kamal Mousavi Balgehshiri is currently carrying out strategic studies on the programs and strategies of different countries in the field of nuclear energy, advanced nuclear reactor development and also energy planning and modeling. Studying the strategies of advanced nuclear countries in diversifying and supplying nuclear fuel based on the “reactor-fuel cycle” network is another area of his work. Seyed earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tabriz, and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering, majoring in fuel cycle and materials, from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic). Seyed has published several papers and books on nuclear technology. Prof. Bahman Zohuri is an accomplished scientist, engineer, and academic with deep expertise in nuclear engineering, thermodynamics, and applied physics. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Golden Gate University, where he teaches courses in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prof. Zohuri holds degrees in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering from institutions including the University of Illinois and the University of New Mexico. Early in his career, he contributed to advanced research projects at Westinghouse, and later in defense and semiconductor industries, before founding Galaxy Advanced Engineering, Inc. in 1991. Over his career, Prof. Zohuri has authored dozens of technical books and published over a hundred journal articles. He continues to pursue research in fields such as heat transfer, reactor design, computational methods, data mining, and AI-driven engineering solutions.

• About the authors Acknowledgments. Preface 1. Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) 2. Electromagnetic Pump for Large Pool Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Concept 3. Nuclear Power Reactors Driven Radiation Harden Environments 4. Heat pipe application driven fission nuclear power plant 5. Nuclear thermal hydraulics: Heat, water, and nuclear power safety 6. Traversing in-core probe (TIP) system, nuclear instrumentation, and control 7. Heated junction thermocouple system 8. Gamma thermometer (GT) system Appendix A Index