On feasibility of optimizing the neutronic parameters of a laser system pumped by a pulsed reactor

The calculations have shown that it is possible to improve the energy characteristics of a reactor-laser system by increasing the amount of the fissile material in the block, not using the moderator in the block and fixing the thickness of the internal zirconium hydride reflector at a level of 3.1 cm. It has been shown that a change in the external beryllium reflector thickness leads to a highly multidirectional behavior of the functionals (energy and maximum power, as well as the block weight and energy-to-weight ratio).