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Biography
Dr. Robert Kile is a nuclear engineer in the Reactor Systems & Heat Transport Department at Idaho National Laboratory. His research focuses on neutronics and thermal hydraulics of advanced reactors, with a primary focus on code validation for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors. Dr. Kile is the thermal hydraulics lead for the MARVEL microreactor project and the coordinator of Problem 2 in the OECD/NEA’s Thermal Hydraulic Code Validation Benchmark for High-temperature Gas-cooled Reactors using HTTF Data. Dr. Kile is a member of the RELAP5-3D development team and an experienced systems thermal hydraulics analyst.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Award Date: Aug 1 2023
Master, Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Award Date: May 1 2020
Bachelor, Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University
Award Date: May 1 2018
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Representativity error scaling of models of the high temperature test facility
Barthle, J. L., Kile, R. F., Epiney, A. S. & Brown, N. R., Aug 15 2026, In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 264, 128738.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SMR safety through HTTF modeling and benchmark efforts for code validation for gas-cooled reactor applications
Epiney, A., Strydom, G., Kile, R., Barthle, J., Gutowska, I., Nakhnikian-Weintraub, B., Hua, T., Zou, L., Fang, J., Podila, K., Huang, X., Chen, Q., Jafri, T., Waddington, G. & Pfeiffer, P., Mar 2026, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 448, 114737.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Validation Studies of RELAP5-3D for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Analysis Using a Refined RELAP5-3D Model of the High Temperature Test Facility
Kile, R. F., Barthle, J. & Epiney, A., Jan 12 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nuclear Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) High-Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) Thermal-Hydraulics Benchmark: Error Scaling Exercise
Epiney, A., Yoshiura, R., Abdo, M. & Kile, R., Jun 2025, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 132, 1, p. 1242-1245 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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Progress on a Representativity Study of a RELAP5-3D Model of the High Temperature Test Facility
Barthle, J. L., Epiney, A. S., Kile, R. F. & Brown, N. R., 2025, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 133, 1, p. 331-334 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Prizes
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2021 US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Technology R&D 2021 Nuclear Technology Student Innovation Award
Kile, R. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Honorary award
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American Nuclear Society Undergraduate Design Competition
Kile, R. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award
Activities
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American Nuclear Society (ANS) (External organization)
Kile, R. (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network