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Fusion breeding for mid-century, sustainable, carbon free power. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Fusion has often been billed as the ultimate 21st century sustainable energy source. However, not only is the pace of the program glacially slow, it seems to recede further and further into the future.
Manheimer W.
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Actinide Nanoparticles: Revising Early Developments and Recent Insights from High-Energy-Resolution Fluorescence-Detected X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure and Synchrotron Techniques. [PDF]
Small SciActinide nanoparticles are relevant to nuclear waste storage, environmental safety, advanced nuclear fuel engineering, and fundamental science. Herein, this review traces the early developments of the field and the recent progress enabled by the use of high‐energy‐resolution fluorescence‐detected X‐ray absorption near edge structure in synergy with ...
Amidani L +3 more
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Characterising the dynamic seals used in absorber rod drive mechanisms in Indian FBR
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2021 Dynamic seals are one of the critical components of Absorber Rod Drive Mechanism of Fast Breeder Reactors, requiring separate experimental development.
Nihal Kaushal +6 more
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HIGH-ORDER FINITE ELEMENTS FOR THE NEUTRON TRANSPORT EQUATION ON HONEYCOMB MESHES [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 Presently, APOLLO3® /MINARET solves the transport equation using the multigroup Sn method with discontinuous finite elements on triangular meshes with Lagrange polynomial bases.
Calloo Ansar +2 more
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EXTENDING CTF MODELING CAPABILITIES TO SFRs AND VALIDATION AGAINST SHRT TESTS [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 The utilization of liquid metals as coolants for fast reactors brings several economical and practical advantages that lead to a sustainable future for nuclear energy. Molten sodium is used as a coolant in Sodium Fast Reactors (SFRs).
Aly Ahmed +3 more
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Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 Post-dryout heat transfer is an important thermal hydraulics phenomenon happening in the loss-of-coolant accident of water-cooled nuclear reactors and the off-design conditions of water-cooled ceramic breeder blanket in fusion reactors.
Dali Yu +7 more
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A comparative study of kinetics of nuclear reactors [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2009 The paper deals with the study of reactivity initiated transients to investigate major differences in the kinetics behavior of various reactor systems under different operating conditions. The article also states guidelines to determine the safety limits
Obaidurrahman Khalilurrahman +1 more
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Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2020 The very last edition of the RCC-MRx Code (Design and Construction Rules for Mechanical Components in high-temperature structures, experimental reactors and fusion reactors) was published end of 2018 by AFCEN, the French Association for the rules ...
Jorge Enrique MUÑOZ GARCIA +5 more
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Features of methods for monitoring the fuel cladding tightness in lead-cooled fast breeder reactors [PDF]
Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2021 To timely detect failed fuel elements, a reactor plant should be equipped with a fuel cladding tightness monitoring system (FCTMS). In reactors using a heavy liquid-metal coolant (HLMC), the most efficient way to monitor the fuel cladding tightness is by
Anastasiya V. Dragunova +2 more
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Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2021 Innovative Water cooled Lead Ceramic Breeder (WLCB) blanket concepts are being developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) to explore alternative options for the European demonstration fusion power plant (DEMO).
Yudong Lu +5 more
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