Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023 In a typical pressurized water reactor, neutron detectors located outside the reactor core monitor reactor power. In addition, they are also used to measure the reactivity of the control rods.
Tanja Goričanec +8 more
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In search of the best nuclear data file for proton induced reactions: Varying both models and their parameters [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2020 A lot of research work has been carried out in fine tuning model parameters to reproduce experimental data for neutron induced reactions. This however is not the case for proton induced reactions where large deviations still exist between model ...
Alhassan E. +6 more
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First in-core gamma spectroscopy experiments in a zero power reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 Gamma rays in nuclear reactors, arising either from nuclear reactions or decay processes, significantly contribute to the heating and dose of the reactor components.
Pakari Oskari +5 more
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An Experimental Programme optimized with Uncertainty Propagation: PETALE in the CROCUS Reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 The PETALE experimental programme in the CROCUS reactor at EPFL intends to contribute to the validation and improvement of neutron nuclear data in the MeV energy range for stainless steel, particularly in the prospect of heavy reflector elements of ...
Lamirand Vincent +7 more
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Reactivity modulation experiments for nuclear data in CROCUS within a CEA-EPFL collaboration [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023 In nuclear research reactors, integral experiments are powerful tools to measure integral core parameters, such as the delayed neutron fraction. Within the scope of the point kinetic approximation, reactivity modulation experiments can be used for ...
Geslot Benoit +9 more
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Characterization of the KATANA water activation loop in the JSI TRIGA reactor by reactor pulse operation using neutron detectors [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesThis paper presents the characterization of the KATANA water activation facility in the TRIGA research reactor at the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI), operating the reactor in pulse mode and using neutron detection techniques.
Peric Julijan +4 more
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Gamma and neutron dose rate measurements around the KATANA water activation loop at JSI TRIGA reactor [PDF]
EPJ Web of ConferencesKATANA water activation facility, which serves as a well-defined high-energy gamma and neutron source, has been successfully constructed at JSI TRIGA reactor at the end of 2023.
Kotnik Domen +3 more
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DYN3D and CTF Coupling within a Multiscale and Multiphysics Software Development (Part I)
Energies, 2021 Understanding and optimizing the relation between nuclear reactor components or physical phenomena allows us to improve the economics and safety of nuclear reactors, deliver new nuclear reactor designs, and educate nuclear staff.
Sebastian Davies +7 more
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NEUTRON EMISSION MEASUREMENTS OF PWR SPENT FUEL SEGMENTS AND PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF DEPLETION CALCULATIONS [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 Assessing neutron emission of LWR spent fuel is necessary for the back-end of the fuel cycle, such as the dimensioning of transport and storage casks of spent fuel.
Perret G. +3 more
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CORE SIM+ SIMULATIONS OF COLIBRI FUEL RODS OSCILLATION EXPERIMENTS AND COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2021 At EPFL, the CROCUS reactor has been used to carry out experiments with vibrating fuel rods. The paper presents a first attempt to employ the measured data to validate CORE SIM+, a neutron noise solver developed at Chalmers University of Technology.
Mylonakis A. G. +12 more
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