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Generation IV supercritical water-cooled nuclear reactors: Realistic prospects and research program [PDF]
Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2019 Existing conditions make possible obtaining information that being discussed openly by wide scientific community could help outlining or even establishing the expediency of a particular area of present and future research.
Pavel L. Kirillov +1 more
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Analysis of radiation safety for Small Modular Reactor (SMR) on PWR-100 MWe type
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2018 Abstract Indonesia as an archipelago country, including big, medium and small islands is suitable to construction of Small Medium/Modular reactors. Preliminary technology assessment on various SMR has been started, indeed the SMR is grouped into Light Water Reactor, Gas Cooled Reactor, and Solid Cooled Reactor and from its site it is group into Land
P M Udiyani +3 more
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Evaluation of material accountancy techniques for 233Pa from thorium nuclear fuels
Nuclear Engineering and TechnologyThorium is a promising alternative to uranium as nuclear fuel with advantages such as higher abundance, lower production of long-lived transuranic elements, and potentially better proliferation resistance.
Victoria Davis +4 more
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Brazilian Journal of Radiation SciencesThis paper aims to review the feasibility of implementing PWR-type Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in Brazil, utilizing the 5W2H methodology for a preliminary risk assessment. SMRs are seen as a promising solution to meet the country's growing electricity
Vitor Assi
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Nuclear Engineering and TechnologyThe nuclear energy industry has seen a resurgence due to interest in sustainable energy. Regulatory agencies are evaluating innovative technology and facility designs for the first time in a long time.
Fatih Topaloğlu
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Performance Analysis of AP1000 Passive Systems during Direct Vessel Injection (DVI) Line Break
Atom Indonesia, 2016 Generation II Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) have a design weakness as shown by the Fukushima accident. Therefore, Generation III+ NPPs are developed with focus on improvements of fuel technology and thermal efficiency, standardized design, and the use of ...
A.S. Ekariansyah, S. Widodo
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CESAR5.3: Isotopic depletion for Research and Testing Reactor decommissioning
EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, 2018 CESAR stands in French for “simplified depletion applied to reprocessing”. The current version is now number 5.3 as it started 30 years ago from a long lasting cooperation with ORANO, co-owner of the code with CEA.
Ritter Guillaume +3 more
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EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies, 2015 European Union's energy roadmap up to year 2050 states that in order to have an efficient and sustainable economy, with minimum or decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, along with use of renewable resources, each constituent state has the option for ...
Budu Andrei Razvan, Pavel Gabriel Lazaro
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Dynamic Analysis of Emergency Reset of Topaz Type Space Nuclear Reactor Safety Rod
Yuanzineng kexue jishuThe safety rod system is the actuator for reactivity control and nuclear safety protection in Topaz type space nuclear reactors. Due to the uneven distribution of reactor core temperature field during the operation of a Topaz type space nuclear reactor ...
LI Jingwei, LIU Shihang, ZHANG Guanhua, YAO Chengzhi, PENG Zhaohui, GUO Zhijia
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Geometrical optimization of PWR spacer grids using GeN-Foam and Genetic Algorithms
Brazilian Journal of Radiation SciencesThis paper presents the results of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) oriented geometrical optimization using the GeN-Foam solver applied to subchannels of the fuel assembly in a PWR-type nuclear reactor.
Carlos Rodrigo Dias +8 more
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