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Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2022 The use of the USNRC codes TRACE and PARCS has been considered for the coupled safety analysis of CANDU reactors. A key element of CANDU simulations is the interactions between thermal-hydraulic and physic phenomena with the CANDU reactor regulating ...
Simon Younan, David R. Novog
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Neutronic study of utilization of discrete thorium-uranium fuel pins in CANDU-6 reactor
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2019 Targeting at simulating the application of thorium-uranium (TU) fuel in the CANDU-6 reactor, this paper analyzes the process using the code DRAGON/DONJON where the discrete TU fuel pins are applied in the CANDU-6 reactor under the time-average ...
Nianbiao Deng +7 more
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2014 In terms of safety and the efficient management of spent fuel storage, detecting failed fuel is one of the most important tasks in a CANada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactor operation.
JONG-YOUL PARK +2 more
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Nuclear Engineering and TechnologyIn this study, firstly, time-dependent neutronic analyses of a hybrid reactor with a 5 MW/m2 wall load and FLiNaK coolant using TRISO-coated CANDU spent fuel were performed.
Medine Özkaya
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Analysis of reusability of ThO2 and spent UO2 fuels enriched with ads in a CANDU reactor [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2022 The study presents the analysis of the reusability of ThO2 and spent UO2 fuels enriched in two different ADS reactors fuelled with Minor Actinide. The spent UO2 fuels are taken out from pressurized water reactor and CANDU spent fuels.
Durmaz Busra +3 more
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SPATIAL VARIATION OF ISOTOPIC RATIOS IN A CANDU REACTOR FOR NUCLEAR TREATY MONITORING [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 A 3-D Quarter-Core CANDU-6 is modeled using Serpent 2 for nuclear treaty monitoring. The spatial variation of flux spectra and isotopic concentrations is analyzed to determine the potential isotopic distribution of key radionuclides from standard reactor
Burkhardt Aaron W. +2 more
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Neutronic simulation of a CANDU-6 reactor with heavy water-based nanofluid coolant [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2017 In recent years, extended studies are developed for investigation the effects of using nanofluids in NPP as coolant. CANDU-6 reactors have the potential to use nanofluid coolants because in these reactors, the moderator system is fully ...
Mirghaffari Reza +2 more
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Geoneutrinos and reactor antineutrinos at SNO+ [PDF]
, 2016 In the heart of the Creighton Mine near Sudbury (Canada), the SNO+ detector is foreseen to observe almost in equal proportion electron antineutrinos produced by U and Th in the Earth and by nuclear reactors.
Baldoncini, M +6 more
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Optimization of the self-sufficient thorium fuel cycle for CANDU power reactors [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2008 The results of optimization calculations for CANDU reactors operating in the thorium cycle are presented in this paper. Calculations were performed to validate the feasibility of operating a heavy-water thermal neutron power reactor in a self-sufficient ...
Bergelson Boris R. +2 more
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