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Three-component U-Pu-Th fuel for plutonium irradiation in heavy water reactors [PDF]
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, 2016 This paper discusses concepts for three-component fuel bundles containing plutonium, uranium and thorium for use in pressurised heavy water reactors, and cases for and against implementation of such a nuclear energy system in the United Kingdom.
Peel Ross +3 more
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Examination of fuel elements irradiated in the reactor of the World’s First NPP after long-term storage [PDF]
Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2023 Examinations of fuel elements with two different fuel compositions, U-Mo+Mg and UO2+Mg, irradiated in the AM reactor after their long-term storage do not reveal any visible defects on the surface of their outer claddings.
Sergey N. Ivanov +5 more
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Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 Reliable transportation of fuel elements is vital for High Temperature Reactor (HTR) power plant. Therefore, the safety performance of the containment boundary in HTR-PM600 fresh fuel transport package under impact loading should be assessed ...
Yuchen Hao +7 more
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Friction and wear of elements of nuclear reactors [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Fuel elements (fuel rods) and spacer grids are the main elements of the fuel assembly of a nuclear reactor. Friction forces affect the strength of the fuel assembly at all stages of its life cycle.
Kanareykin Alexandr
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He jishu, 2022 Background The solid fuel thorium element molten salt reactors (MSR) have attracted more attention recent years. A3-3 graphite is chosen as the fuel matrix for MSR, thus its irradiation behavior and mechanical property is very important before the ...
XU Hongxia +5 more
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Қарағанды университетінің хабаршысы. Физика сериясы, 2021 The paper presents a model of an experimental device tested on the complex of impulse graphite reactor of the Branch IAE RSE NNC RK, designed to study the possibility of changing the neutron spectrum of the reactor from thermal to fast.
Н.А. Сулейменов +2 more
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Наближена оцінка температурного стану керамічного ядерного палива в циліндричних твелах та впливу на нього процесів і параметрів конструкцій активної зони реактора [PDF]
, 2008 The approximate mathematical model of the temperature state of ceramic nuclear fuels in cylindrical fuel elements was proposed in the form of linear ordinary differential equation and the boundary conditions. The theory of heat conduction and assumptions
Chibisov, Dmytro, Romashov, Yury
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Глобальная ядерная безопасность, 2023 The paper considers and systematises the options of fuel assemblies (FAs) for the WWER-1000 reactor. In the Serpent neutron-physics code, an infinite-height fuel assembly with six fuel pins is modelled using the U49G6 pattern used in the WWER-1000 «large
A. A. Lapkis +3 more
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Effect of the burnable absorber arrangement on the VVER-1200 fuel assembly neutronic performance [PDF]
Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2021 Optimizing the use of fuel in a power reactor is a task of current concern. However, little attention has been given to investigating the dependences among the enrichment used, the content of gadolinium oxide in fuel elements, and the life time in ...
Ruslan A. Vnukov +4 more
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A study of the output characteristics of electric fuel pumps during artificial fault simulation [PDF]
FME Transactions, 2021 The electric fuel pump (EFP) is one of the potential sources of fuel system failures. According to various data, the fuel system accounts for 25...50% of all failures.
Gritsenko A. +3 more
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