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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2019 The air-cooled passive decay heat removal system (APDHR) was proposed to provide the ultimate heat sink for non-LOCA accidents. The APDHR is a modified one of Passive Auxiliary Feed-water system (PAFS) installed in APR+.
Do Yun Kim +3 more
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Water film covering characteristic on horizontal fuel rod under impinging cooling condition
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2022 Jet impinging device is designed for decay heat removal on horizontal fuel rods in a low temperature heating reactor. An experimental system with a fuel rod simulator is established and experiments are performed to evaluate water film covering capacity ...
Penghui Zhang +5 more
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Studies on surface condensation for passive safety system in light water reactor: A review [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2023 A system with a passive mechanism has been considered to have better trustworthiness because it does not require an external driving force to function.
Susyadi +3 more
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Mathematical approach for optimization of magnetohydrodynamic circulation system
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2019 The geometrical and electromagnetic variables of a rectangular-type magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) circulation system are optimized to solve MHD equations for the active decay heat removal system of a prototype Gen-IV sodium fast reactor.
Geun Hyeong Lee, Hee Reyoung Kim
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Unique safety features and licensing requirements of the NuScale small modular reactor
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 Small modular reactors (SMR) offer a novel approach to the construction and operation of nuclear power plants. The NuScale VOYGR™ plant uses a simplified SMR design that is based on proven light-water reactor technology with substantial improvements in ...
Kent Welter +2 more
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Intermittent quakes and record dynamics in the thermoremanent magnetization of a spin-glass [PDF]
, 2006 A novel method for analyzing the intermittent behavior of linear response data in aging systems is presented and applied to spin-glass thermoremanent magnetization (TRM) (Rodriguez et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 037203, 2003).
G. F. Rodriguez +6 more
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MANAGING A PROLONGED STATION BLACKOUT CONDITION IN AHWR BY PASSIVE MEANS
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2013 Removal of decay heat from an operating reactor during a prolonged station blackout condition is a big concern for reactor designers, especially after the recent Fukushima accident.
MUKESH KUMAR +4 more
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Neutronic analysis of a heat-pipe cooled reactor
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2023 Heat-pipe cooled reactors belong to the group of nuclear reactors using heat pipes filled with liquid metals (such as sodium or potassium) to cool the core. Due to the passive heat removal system, there is no need to use closed loops with pumps, and the
Josef Sabol, Jan Frýbort
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Plant system study of France–Japan common concept on Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, 2022 This paper provides an overview of plant system studies to establish a common technical view for Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) concept (the common SFR concept) between France and Japan based on ASTRID 600 and the new concept with downsized output ...
Kato Atsushi +17 more
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Simulation of Steady States of Helium Loop at Long Time Scenarios [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2020 The natural circulation helium loop is an experimental facility designed for the research of the possibility of utilizing natural convection cooling for the case of decay heat removal from a fast nuclear reactor.
Világi František +6 more
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