Jorge Navarro Group Leader, Systems Analysis and Optimization Contact navarroj@ornl.gov | 865.279.9245 All Publications A Comparison of the Performance of Three Nongradient-Based Optimization Algorithms During the Design of an Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Assembly for Mo-99 Production MCNP Neutronic Design Optimization of an Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Assembly for Mo-99 Production Reactor Physics Simulations of the High Flux Isotope Reactor Permanent Beryllium Reflector Number 5... Preliminary Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the UTA–2 Subcritical Linear Accelerator–Driven System... Radiation Shielding Analysis of Niowave’s Uranium Target Assembly 2 (UTA-2) Facility for Molybdenum-99 Production... Preliminary Design Status of HALEU Annular Targets for Irradiation in the High Flux Isotope Reactor... Component- and System-Level Thermal-Hydraulic Modeling of LEU-UAlx Dispersion Target Plates for Irradiation in the High Flux ... An uncertainty quantification method relevant to material test reactors... Development of an Activation Analysis Methodology to Support the Disposal of the High Flux Isotope Reactor Metal Pool Waste... NUCLEAR POWER CONCEPTS FOR HIGH-POWER ELECTRIC PROPULSION MISSIONS TO MARS... Development of an Activation Analysis Methodology to Support the Disposal of the High Flux Isotope Reactor Original Reflector... Design and Heat Generation Rate Analysis of LEU-UAlx Dispersion Target Plates for Irradiation in the High Flux Isotope Reacto... Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis and Experimental Flow Testing of LEU-UAlx Dispersion Target Plates for Irradiation in the High Flu... In-Canal Assay of High Specific Activity 60Co at the Advanced Test Reactor... Overcoming challenges to support US resumption of high specific activity cobalt-60... Data-Driven Methodology for Predicting Isotope Production at Material Testing Reactors... Organizations Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division Advanced Reactor Engineering and Development Section Systems Analysis and Optimization Group