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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2013 Two different kinds of nuclear power plants produce a substantial amount of spent fuel annually in Korea. According to the current projection, it is expected that around 60,000 MtU of spent fuel will be produced from 36 PWR and APR reactors and 4 CANDU ...
HEUI-JOO CHOI +2 more
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Reactor criticals and spent fuel systems similarities
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 Many conservative assumptions for subcriticality assessment calculations have to be made in current calculations of spent fuel storage systems. This is due to a fact that there is no available database of benchmarks containing spent fuel or materials ...
Matěj Šikl
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The Classification of Weld Seam Defects for Quantitative Analysis by means of Ultrasonic Testing [PDF]
, 2016 The paper describes effective quality assessment of spent nuclear fuel storage cask. The ultrasonic testing method is considered. The classification of possible defects with corresponding dimensions limits is proposed.
Lider, Andrey Markovich +3 more
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Novel muon imaging techniques [PDF]
, 2018 Owing to the high penetrating power of high-energy cosmic ray muons, muon imaging techniques can be used to image large bulky objects, especially objects with heavy shielding.
Al Jebali, Ramsey +8 more
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Safety Concerning Transportation of Spent Fuel [PDF]
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 1989 The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) has been conducting, under contract with the Science and Technology Agency of Japan, the spent fuel transport cask reliability dem...
Tadashi NAGAKURA +5 more
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HEAT EXCHANGE CONDITIONS IN THE DRY STORAGE CONTAINER FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL OF POWER REACTORS
Elektrotehnìka ta Elektroenergetika, 2018 Purpose. The safety substantiation of the spent nuclear fuel of power reactors WWER-1000 of Zaporizhska NPP dry storage facility operation by carrying out of numerical study of the thermal processes inside dry storage container. Methodology. Mathematical
S.V. Alyokhina
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Ultrasonic inspection of spent nuclear fuel casks [PDF]
, 2015 The paper describes the main aspects of ultrasonic non-destructive inspection of casks with spent fuel. Digital Focus Array technique is proposed for acoustic imaging of spent nuclear fuel casks' closure weld.
Bolotina, Irina Olegovna +4 more
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A smart HVAC retrofit system to improve fire safety in mission-critical facilities
Case Studies in Thermal EngineeringThis study presents a simulation-based evaluation of an integrated HVAC and smoke control retrofit aimed at improving fire resilience and occupant tenability in simulated nuclear power plant Main Control Rooms (MCRs).
Beomgyu Kim
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Study of Minor Actinides Transmutation in PWR MOX fuel
, 2017 The management of long-lived radionuclides in spent fuel is a key issue to achieve the closed nuclear fuel cycle and the sustainable development of nuclear energy.
Chen, Shengli +3 more
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The Sliding and Overturning Analysis of Spent Fuel Storage Rack Based on Dynamic Analysis Model
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2016 Spent fuel rack is the key equipment for the storage of spent fuel after refueling. In order to investigate the performance of the spent fuel rack under the earthquake, the phenomena including sliding, collision, and overturning of the spent fuel rack ...
Yu Liu +3 more
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