Scott Palmtag
Research Professor, Joint Faculty Appointment with ORNL

- 919-515-4600
- sppalmta@ncsu.edu
- 2109 Burlington Laboratory
Education
Ph.D.
Nuclear Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Description
Scott Palmtag's research interests include reactor physics, computational reactor physics, and multiphysics modeling.
Publications
- CTF: A modernized, production-level, thermal hydraulic solver for the solution of industry-relevant challenge problems in pressurized water reactors
- Salko, R., Wysocki, A., Blyth, T., Toptan, A., Hu, J., Kumar, V., … Pilch, M. (2022), NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111927
- A MULTIPHYSICS SIMULATION SUITE FOR SODIUM COOLED FAST REACTORS
- Dawn, W. C., & Palmtag, S. (2021), EPJ Web of Conferences, 247, 06019. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124706019
- A multiphysics simulation suite for liquid metal-cooled fast reactors
- Dawn, W. C., & Palmtag, S. (2021), ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108213
- QUANTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR DATA AND MANUFACTURING UNCERTAINTIES IN VERA
- Sedota, C., & Palmtag, S. (2021), EPJ Web of Conferences, 247, 15014. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124715014
- Quantum Annealing Stencils with Applications to Fuel Loading of a Nuclear Reactor
- Fustero, J., Palmtag, S., & Mueller, F. (2021), 2021 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUANTUM COMPUTING AND ENGINEERING (QCE 2021) / QUANTUM WEEK 2021, pp. 265–275. https://doi.org/10.1109/QCE52317.2021.00044
- VERA-CS VALIDATION OF CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS
- Novellino, V., & Palmtag, S. (2021), EPJ Web of Conferences, 247, 10014. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124710014
- CTF Validation and Verification
- Salko, R., Jr, Wysocki, A., Toptan, A., Porter, N., Zhao, X., Blyth, T., … Avramova, M. (2020). , . https://doi.org/10.2172/1731045
- Comparison of Generation of Higher-Order Neutron Scattering Cross Sections
- Dawn, W., Ortensi, J., DeHart, M., & Palmtag, S. (2020), In Idaho National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.2172/1593864
- Design of an Economical Low-Power Fast Spectrum Molten Chloride Reactor
- Verrico, L., Palmtag, S., Thompson, T., Novellino, V., & Goodman, C. (2020), Transactions of the American Nuclear Society - Volume 123. https://doi.org/10.13182/t123-32905
- Secondary-Source Core Reload Modeling with VERA
- Gentry, C., Collins, B., Davidson, E., Davidson, G., Evans, T., Godfrey, A., … Wolfram, G. (2020), NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1820797