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Ryan Gallagher

Profile Information
Name
Dr. Ryan Gallagher
Institution
Kairos Power LLC
Position
Molten Salt Engineer
Affiliation
ANS, ACS
h-Index
5
ORCID
0000-0002-5372-6644
Biography
Dr. Ryan Gallagher is a nuclear engineer in the Molten Salt Chemistry Directorate at Kairos Power LLC. Prior to Joining Kairos Power he was staff member in the Irradiation Engineering Group in the Nuclear Energy and Fuel Cycle Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2017-2022).  He received his B.S. in Engineering Physics, M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from The Ohio State University. His research focuses on characterizing the chemical and thermophysical properties of molten salts for advanced reactor applications. Additionally he has experience leading and supporting materials and fuels irradiation campaigns including design and thermal analysis of experiements.
Expertise
Chemical, Salt, Temperature-driven Behavior
Additional Publications:
"Assembly of MiniFuel Targets for Irradiation of TRISO Fuel Compacts in the High Flux Isotope Reactor" Ryan Gallagher, Kory Linton, Ryan Latta, B. Collin, Annabelle Le Coq, [2021] · DOI: 10.2172/1811381
"Analysis and Design for Irradiation of High Power TRISO Fuel Compact Specimens in HFIR" Christian Petrie, Zane Wallen, Tyler Gerczak, Annabelle LeCoq, Kurt Smith, Patrick Champlin, Jason Harp, Kory Linton, Blaise Collin, Ryan Latta, Ryan Gallagher, [2021] · DOI: 10.2172/1811406
"DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRASONIC DENSIMETER AND VISCOMETER FOR FLUID CHARACTERIZATION" [2021]
"Radiographic Rolling Ball Viscometer" [2021]
"Thermal and Neutronic Analyses of High Particle Power TRISO Irradiations using MiniFuel" [2021]
"Thermophysical Property Measurements of Molten Salts: Perspectives on Fuel and Irradiated Salts" [2020]
"Thermophysical Property Measurements on Salt Mixture" Ryan Gallagher, Nicholas Russell, Alex Martin, Jake Mcmurray, Abbey McAlister, N. Dianne Ezell, [2020] · DOI: 10.2172/1763479
"Finite Element Based Surrogate Modeling and Irradiation Capsule Optimization for Large-Scale Neutron Irradiation Campaigns" [2019]
"Design and Development of CANDU Ex-Service Garter Spring Irradiation Experiments in the HFIR" [2018]
"Mechanical performance of neutron-irradiated dissimilar transition joints of aluminum alloy 6061-T6 and 304L stainless steel" Ryan C. Gallagher, Kevin G. Field, Richard H. Howard, [2018] Journal of Nuclear Materials · DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.05.070
"CdZnTe position-sensitive drift detectors with thicknesses up to 5 cm" G. S. Camarda, E. Chen, S. Cheng, Y. Cui, R. Gul, R. Gallagher, V. Dedic, G. De Geronimo, L. Ocampo Giraldo, J. Fried, A. Hossain, J. M. MacKenzie, P. Sellin, S. Taherion, E. Vernon, G. Yang, U. El-hanany, R. B. James, A. E. Bolotnikov, [2016] Applied Physics Letters · DOI: 10.1063/1.4943161

We investigated the feasibility of long-drift-time CdZnTe (CZT) gamma-ray detectors, fabricated from CZT material produced by Redlen Technologies. CZT crystals with cross-section areas of 5 × 5 mm2 and 6 × 6 mm2 and thicknesses of 20-, 30-, 40-, and 50-mm were configured as 3D position-sensitive drift detectors and were read out using a front-end ASIC. By correcting the electron charge losses caused by defects in the crystals, we demonstrated high performance for relatively thick detectors fabricated from unselected CZT material.
"Water Scintillation under proton beam exposure" [2016] Transactions of the American Nuclear Society · EID: 2-s2.0-85032917412
Source: ORCID/CrossRef using DOI

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