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Project PISA: Phosphorus Influence on Steel Ageing [PDF]
, 2008 The integrity of the pressure vessel is vital to the safe operation of a nuclear reactor. It is therefore necessary to monitor or predict the changes in the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) material during operation.
ACOSTA IBORRA Beatriz +14 more
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Enhancing Resilience through Nuclear Emergency Preparedness at El Dabaa Site
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.The research utilized advanced PCTRAN and RASCAL software to evaluate the potential radiological impacts of hypothetical accidents, specifically loss‐of‐coolant accident (LOCA) and long‐term station blackout (LTSBO), at the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. Over a span of ten years, comprehensive meteorological data were meticulously analyzed to assess the
Waad Saleh, Juyoul Kim, Doddy Kastanya
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A Possibility for Large-Scale Production of 238Pu in Light-Water Reactor VVER-1000
Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2022 This paper considers the possibility for large-scale production of plutonium isotope 238Pu in the light-water nuclear power reactor VVER-1000. 238Pu is a unique source of long-term autonomous energy supply in various devices for remote regions of the ...
Anatoly N. Shmelev +5 more
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Electricity privatisation and restructuring in Russia and Ukraine [PDF]
, 2005 This report examines reforms to the electricity and gas industries in Russia and ...
Thomas, Stephen
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In-service change in the flexural rigidity of the VVER-1000 fuel assemblies
Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2016 In-service dimensional stability of the VVER-1000 reactor fuel assemblies (FA) depends to a great extent on their flexural rigidity. A decrease in the flexural rigidity in the process of the FA operation in the reactor may lead to such FA bowing as will ...
S.V. Pavlov
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Multiple usage of thorium-based fuel in a VVER-1000 reactor
Nuclear Energy and Technology, 2022 This paper considers the use of unconventional fuel in nuclear power reactors, using the example of a VVER-type unit, in order to find out the possibility of saving natural fissile uranium nuclei. Saving fissile uranium is one of the important tasks, the solution of which will give time for the development of a two-component nuclear power industry that
Kazansky,Yury +2 more
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Optimization of the self-sufficient thorium fuel cycle for CANDU power reactors [PDF]
, 2008 The results of optimization calculations for CANDU reactors operating in the thorium cycle are presented in this paper. Calculations were performed to validate the feasibility of operating a heavy-water thermal neutron power reactor in a self-sufficient ...
Bergelson Boris R. +2 more
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Analysis of the residual strength of the high-capacity centrifugal pump with taking into account the effect of corrosive wear due to long-term exploitation [PDF]
, 2019 У даній статті була проведено дослідження для визначення залишкової міцності відцентрового насосу, що працює в понад проектний термін експлуатації в лінії насосів енергоблока АЕС.
Ларін, Олексій Олександрович +2 more
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Study on Transmutation of Minor Actinides as Burnable Poison in VVER-1000 Fuel Assembly
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations, 2019 Thermal reactors have been considered as interim solution for transmutation of minor actinides recycled from spent nuclear fuel. Various studies have been performed in recent decades to realize this possibility.
Vinh Thanh Tran +4 more
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Nuclear Materials and EnergyThe operating conditions are analyzed, mechanical characteristics are calculated pertaining to the 4-year cycle fuel rods of VVER-1000. The fuel rod strength characteristics are considered as applied to steady-state and transient conditions of reactor ...
Stepan Lys, Alexandr Kanyuka
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