A review of the application of artificial intelligence to nuclear reactors: Where we are and what's next. [PDF]
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Synergistic combination of targeted nano-nuclear-reactors and anti-PD-L1 nanobodies evokes persistent T cell immune activation for cancer immunotherapy. [PDF]
J Nanobiotechnology, 2022 Background Antitumor T cell immunotherapy as a novel cancer therapeutic strategy has shown enormous promise. However, the tumor microenvironment (TME) is characterized by the low immunogenicity, hypoxia, and immunosuppressive condition that dramatically ...
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Predicting structural material degradation in advanced nuclear reactors with ion irradiation. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Swelling associated with the formation and growth of cavities is among the most damaging of radiation-induced degradation modes for structural materials in advanced nuclear reactor concepts.
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Employing antineutrino detectors to safeguard future nuclear reactors from diversions. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2019 The Non-Proliferation Treaty and other non-proliferation agreements are in place worldwide to ensure that nuclear material and facilities are used only for peaceful purposes.
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Temperature Resistant Fiber Bragg Gratings for On-Line and Structural Health Monitoring of the Next-Generation of Nuclear Reactors. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2018 The harsh environment associated with the next generation of nuclear reactors is a great challenge facing all new sensing technologies to be deployed for on-line monitoring purposes and for the implantation of SHM methods.
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Review of the Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transport Phenomena in Packed Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactors
Nuclear science and engineering, 2023 Knowledge and proper safety analyses of the gas coolant and heat transport mechanism in the dynamic core of packed pebble bed nuclear reactors pose challenges to the reliable design and efficient operation of these reactors.
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Small Modular and Advanced Nuclear Reactors: A Reality Check
IEEE Access, 2021 Nuclear power has been declining in importance over the last quarter century, with its share of global electrical energy generation decreasing from 17.5 percent in 1996 to around 10 percent in 2019.
M. Ramana
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Nuclear waste from small modular reactors
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022 Significance Small modular reactors (SMRs), proposed as the future of nuclear energy, have purported cost and safety advantages over existing gigawatt-scale light water reactors (LWRs).
Lindsay Krall, A. Macfarlane, R. Ewing
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Nuclear Technology, 2021 Markets are changing as the result of (1) the addition of variable wind and solar that causes highly volatile electricity prices and (2) the goal of a low-carbon economy.
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