Acoustic instrumentation of the new generation of MTR: effect of nuclear radiation on modified Bismuth Titanate piezoelectric elements [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2020 In this article we present a first part of the results obtained during an irradiation campaign conducted at the Jozef Stefan Institute to observe the behaviour of piezoelectric materials under gamma and neutron flux.
Ferrandis JY. +6 more
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FAST irradiations and initial post irradiation examinations – Part I
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2022 The Advanced Fuels Campaign Fission Accelerated Steady-state Test (FAST) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) completed its first irradiation cycle within the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR).
G. Beausoleil +5 more
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Developing an interface strength technique using the laser shock method
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2023 Characterizing the behavior of nuclear reactor plate fuels is vital to the progression of advanced fuel systems. The states of pre- and post-irradiation plates need to be determined effectively and efficiently prior to and following irradiation.
James A. Smith +2 more
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Calibration of a Single-Cell Calorimeter in a New Transient-state Test Bench [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2020 The nuclear radiation energy deposition rate is a key value for the thermal design of experiments, on materials and nuclear fuels, carried out in experimental channels of nuclear research reactors.
Burn J. +6 more
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Absolute neutron and photon flux characterization in the CNESTEN’s TRIGA Mark II research reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 The National Center for Nuclear Energy, Sciences and Technology (CNESTEN) located in Rabat, Morocco, operates a 2 MW TRIGA Mark II research reactor.
Ghninou H. +6 more
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Thermal loads in gaps between ITER divertor monoblocks: First lessons learnt from WEST
Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2021 In the WEST tokamak, ITER-like divertor targets consisting of tungsten monoblocks bonded via an OHFC-Cu compliance layer to CuCrZr cooling tubes were exposed to plasma during the 2018 experimental campaign in which modest heating power was available.
J.P. Gunn +15 more
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2021 The design phase and safety assessment of Generation IV liquid metal-cooled fast reactors calls for the improvement of fuel pin performance codes, in particular the enhancement of their predictive capabilities towards uranium-plutonium mixed oxide fuels ...
L. Luzzi +13 more
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Reactor Pulse Operation for Nuclear Instrumentation Detector Testing – Preparation of a Dedicated Experimental Campaign at the JSI TRIGA Reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 The availability of neutron fields with a high neutron flux, suitable for irradiation testing of nuclear instrumentation detectors relevant for applications in nuclear facilities such as material testing reactors (MTRs), nuclear power reactors and future
Radulović Vladimir +4 more
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Effect of Low-Doses of Gamma Radiation on Electric Arc-Induced Long Period Fiber Gratings
Sensors, 2021 This work presents an experimental study on the effects of gamma radiation on Long Period Fiber Gratings (LPFGs) in a low-dose test campaign to evaluate their eventual degradation.
Patricia Mesonero-Santos +6 more
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The Ground-Based BIOMEX Experiment Verification Tests for Life Detection on Mars
Life, 2021 The success of an astrobiological search for life campaign on Mars, or other planetary bodies in the Solar System, relies on the detectability of past or present microbial life traces, namely, biosignatures.
Claudia Pacelli +8 more
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