Neutronics assessment of EU DEMO alternative divertor configurations [PDF]
As a demonstration fusion power plant, EU DEMO has to prove the maturity of fusion technology and its viability for electricity production. The central requirements for DEMO rest on its capability to generate significant net electric power to the grid ...
A. Valentine +9 more
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Neutronic Analysis of Star Core Gas-Cooled Reactor Core with Truncated Cuboctahedron-Shaped Fuel Elements [PDF]
StarCore, as a High-Temperature, Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR), is in the preliminary design stage in Canada. The safety and control of StarCore shall be assured by neutronic and thermal-hydraulic analysis.
Hasan Javidi +4 more
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Calibration of a FDS-LC long counter for monitoring the neutron fluence at the HINEG facility
A FDS-LC long counter was developed to monitor the neutron fluence at the HINEG facility. The response function and the effective centre of long counter were calculated by using SuperMC code. The calibration of this long counter was performed in Research
Hong Bing +7 more
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Neutronics analysis and thermodynamics studies of several DEMO breeding blankets for the development of the AINA safety code [PDF]
By 2050 the energy consumption is expected to increase considerably.The production might be mostly based on renewable energy mix driven by the nuclear fusion which could potentially deliver continuous, large-scale power for the long-term without harming ...
Fabbri, Marco
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The HotSpot Code as a Tool to Improve Risk Analysis During Emergencies: Predicting I-131 and CS-137 Dispersion in the Fukushima Nuclear Accident [PDF]
Conventional and non-conventional emergencies are among the most important safety and security concerns of the new millennium. Nuclear power and research plants, high-energy particle accelerators, radioactive substances for industrial and medical uses ...
Biancotto, Sergio +7 more
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The iEBE-VISHNU code package for relativistic heavy-ion collisions
The iEBE-VISHNU code package performs event-by-event simulations for relativistic heavy-ion collisions using a hybrid approach based on (2+1)-dimensional viscous hydrodynamics coupled to a hadronic cascade model.
Bass, Steffen +5 more
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Measurement and Analysis of Neutron Leakage Spectra from Pb and LBE Cylinders with D-T Neutrons
For validating the current evaluated neutron data libraries, neutron leakage spectra from lead and lead bismuth eutectic (LBE) cylinders have been measured using an intense D-T pulsed neutron source with time-of-flight (TOF) method by Institute of ...
Chen Size +6 more
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Activation measurements in support of the 14 MeV neutron calibration of JET neutron monitors [PDF]
In preparation for the upcoming deuterium-tritium campaign at the JET tokamak, the ex-vessel fission chamber neutron diagnostics and the neutron activation system will be calibrated in absolute terms at 14 MeV neutron energy, to a required accuracy of ...
Batistoni, P. +19 more
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A method for measuring (n,α) reaction cross sections of the gas sample induced by fast neutrons using a gridded ionization chamber (GIC) was established. There are several advantages using the GIC to measure gas samples.
HU Yiwei;CUI Zengqi;LIU Jie;BAI Haofan;XIA Cong;JIANG Haoyu;CHEN Jinxiang;ZHANG Guohui
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Влияние распределения гадолиний содержащих твэлов реактора ВВЭР-1000 на выгорание [PDF]
Различный состав и пространственное распределение выгорающих поглотителей по-разному влияют на размножающие и теплофизические свойства реактора. В работе создана расчетная 3D модель ТВС реактора с выгорающими поглотителями.
Bartusseck, Sabine Margret +2 more
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