Impact vibrations of guide thimbles in nuclear fuel assembly
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DOI: 10.1007/s00419-016-1189-6
Abstract: In nuclear fuel assemblies of pressurized water reactors, guide thimbles (GTs) secure a safe control rod drop. The control rod fall into the GT should be as fast as possible to provide prompt reactor shutdown.… read more here.
Keywords: fuel assembly; impact; nuclear fuel; fuel ... See more keywords
Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Research Reactors at the Kurchatov Institute
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DOI: 10.1007/s10512-019-00522-4
Abstract: The problems of managing spent nuclear fuel stored in at-reactor repositories at the NRC Kurchatov Institute and current methods of inventorying the nuclear content of the repositories are discussed. Methods of identifying FA and leak-tight… read more here.
Keywords: fuel research; spent nuclear; fuel; nuclear fuel ... See more keywords
Mathematical Process-Control Model of Radioactive Waste Disposal by Self-Immersion in Geological Rocks
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DOI: 10.1007/s10512-021-00749-0
Abstract: A method of deep burial of long-lived radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel by melting of the geological mass due to the residual heat release of radionuclides confined in a container is analyzed. A variant… read more here.
Keywords: waste; process; waste spent; nuclear fuel ... See more keywords
A machine vision-based defect detection system for nuclear-fuel rod groove
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DOI: 10.1007/s10845-021-01746-7
Abstract: The processing quality of the grooves of a nuclear-fuel rod will directly affect the quality of the finished nuclear-fuel rod. Due to the highly reflective, microscopic, and annular characteristics of nuclear-fuel rod grooves, it has… read more here.
Keywords: nuclear fuel; system; detection; fuel rod ... See more keywords
Application of quantum mechanical simulations for studying the radiolytic stability of prospective extractants in the nuclear fuel cycle
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DOI: 10.1007/s10967-018-6225-2
Abstract: Diglycolamides (DGA) play a crucial role in the advanced spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. This work extends the portfolio of theoretically calculated properties of such organic extractants related to the radiolytic stability in the partitioning processes.… read more here.
Keywords: radiolytic stability; nuclear fuel; application quantum; stability ... See more keywords
Assessment of spent nuclear fuel amounts to be managed based on disposal option in Republic of Korea
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2017.05.038
Abstract: Abstract The Republic of Korea (ROK) was operating 24 nuclear power plants (NPPs) at the end of 2015 and nearly 30% of electricity was supplied by the fleet of NPPs. Currently, spent nuclear fuel (SNF)… read more here.
Keywords: nuclear fuel; disposal; spent nuclear; republic korea ... See more keywords
Assessment of the potential for criticality in the far field of a used nuclear fuel repository
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2018.09.028
Abstract: Abstract This study aims to assess the likelihood for criticality in the far field of a repository for direct disposal of commercial light water reactor used nuclear fuel. Two models are used in combination: (1)… read more here.
Keywords: far field; criticality far; fuel; nuclear fuel ... See more keywords
Sparse Polynomial Chaos expansion for advanced nuclear fuel cycle sensitivity analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2020.107430
Abstract: Abstract Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses are required in fuel cycle analyses for studying the viability of electronuclear scenarios by means of their response to variations in the input parameters. This implies that nuclear fuel cycle… read more here.
Keywords: nuclear fuel; cycle; sensitivity; fuel cycle ... See more keywords
Massimo Salvatores’ seminal ideas and comprehensive views on nuclear fuel cycle studies
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108223
Abstract: Abstract Massimo Salvatores provided fundamental innovations to the European and international Nuclear Fuel Cycle (NFC) studies, in particular on analysis of Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T) strategies, and introduced them to KIT. His visions and guidance… read more here.
Keywords: salvatores seminal; fuel; nuclear fuel; massimo salvatores ... See more keywords
Artificial Neural Network based Particle Swarm Optimization solution approach for the inverse depletion of used nuclear fuel
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108256
Abstract: Abstract This work builds upon previous efforts to apply inverse analysis in the determination of the initial conditions and burnup history of used nuclear fuel for forensic purposes. In this work, the inverse depletion problem… read more here.
Keywords: inverse depletion; approach; fuel; nuclear fuel ... See more keywords
Photodecomposition of methyl iodide as pretreatment for adsorption of radioiodine species in used nuclear fuel recycling operations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125730
Abstract: Abstract This work presents novel photochemical reactors with integrated titania photocatalyst for the UV photodecomposition of gaseous methyl iodide present in simulated vessel off-gas (VOG) in a nuclear fuel reprocessing facility. Continuous flow reactors composed… read more here.
Keywords: methyl; methyl iodide; nuclear fuel; photocatalyst ... See more keywords