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Proposal for maintenance optimization scheme based on system based code concept

Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2023
To develop rationalized maintenance plans for nuclear power plants, the characteristics of each plant must be considered. For sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) plants, constraints on inspections exist due to the specialty that equipment retaining sodium ...
Hiroki YADA, Shigeru TAKAYA, Kyoichi MOROHOSHI, Shinobu YOKOI, Takayuki MIYAGAWA   +4 more
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Recent Developments in Nuclear Data Measurement capabilities at the Gaerttner LINAC Center at RPI

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2016
The Gaerttner LINAC Center at RPI uses a 60 MeV electron linear accelerator to produce short pulses of neutrons with duration of 5-5000 ns. The main research thrust at the Center is nuclear data for nuclear reactors and criticality safety applications ...
Danon Y., Daskalakis A., McDermott B., Thompson N., Youmans A., Block R., Barry D., Epping B., Leinweber G., Rapp M., Donovan T.   +10 more
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Assessment of beryllium and molybdenum nuclear data files with the RPI neutron scattering system in the energy region from 0.5 to 20 MeV

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017
A series of neutron scattering benchmark measurements were performed on beryllium and molybdenum with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Neutron Scattering System.
Daskalakis Adam, Blain Ezekiel, Leinweber Gregory, Rapp Michael, Barry Devin, Block Robert, Danon Yaron   +6 more
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Corrosion behavior of Zircaloy-4 in aqueous solution of methanol at 320ºC under gamma-irradiation

Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2014
It has been pointed out that high concentration dissolved hydrogen is one of the important factors of PWSCC (primary water stress corrosion cracking) in the primary systems of pressurized water reactors.
Masafumi DOMAE, Kosho HOJO, Wataru SUGINO   +2 more
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A conceptual design study of pool-type sodium-cooled fast reactor with enhanced anti-seismic capability

Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2020
The authors are developing the design concept of the pool-type sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) that addresses Japan’s specific siting conditions such as earthquakes and meets safety design criteria (SDC) and safety design guidelines (SDG) for Generation
Shigenobu KUBO, Yoshitaka CHIKAZAWA, Hiroyuki OHSHIMA, Masato UCHITA, Takayuki MIYAGAWA, Masao ETO, Tetsuji SUZUNO, Ichiyo MATOBA, Junji ENDO, Osamu WATANABE, Koichi HIGURASHI   +10 more
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Identifying the key development areas for small nuclear power plants [PDF]

Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2022
The paper considers the key characteristics of the small nuclear power plant (SNPP) modular design, demonstrates the possibility for reducing the construction cost and time for this class of plants due to factory fabrication, the effect of series ...
Sergey L. Soloviev, Denis G. Zaryugin, Sergey G. Kalyakin, Sergey T. Leskin   +3 more
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56Fe capture cross section experiments at the RPI LINAC Center

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017
A new array of C6D6 detectors installed at the RPI LINAC Center has enabled the capability to measure neutron capture cross sections above the 847 keV inelastic scattering threshold of 56Fe through the use of digital post-processing filters and pulse ...
McDermott Brian, Blain Ezekiel, Thompson Nicholas, Weltz Adam, Youmans Amanda, Danon Yaron, Barry Devin, Block Robert, Daskalakis Adam, Epping Brian, Leinweber Gregory, Rapp Michael   +11 more
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Resonance region measurements of dysprosium and rhenium

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2017
Neutron capture and transmission measurements have been performed, and resonance parameter analysis has been completed for dysprosium, Dy, and rhenium, Re. The 60 MeV electron accelerator at RPI Gaerttner LINAC Center produced neutrons in the thermal and
Leinweber Gregory, Block Robert C., Epping Brian E., Barry Devin P., Rapp Michael J., Danon Yaron, Donovan Timothy J., Landsberger Sheldon, Burke John A., Bishop Mary C., Youmans Amanda, Kim Guinyun N., Kang yeong-rok, Lee Man Woo, Drindak Noel J.   +14 more
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Reliability Assessment of NPP Safety Class Equipment Considering the Manufacturing Quality Assurance Process

Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2023
Quality and safety are intensely related and go hand in hand. Quality of the safety-grade equipment is very important for the safety of a nuclear power plant (NPP) and achieving production goals.
Mohammad Khalaquzzaman, Seung Jun Lee, Muhammed Mufazzal Hossen   +2 more
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Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Desalination Technologies Powered by SMR

Energies, 2020
Small modular reactors (SMRs) represent a key area of interest to nuclear industry developers, which have been making significant progress during the past few years.
Seyed Hadi Ghazaie, Khashayar Sadeghi, Ekaterina Sokolova, Evgeniy Fedorovich, Amirsaeed Shirani   +4 more
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