... reactors Nuclear engineering Nuclear safety Plant operations Research reactors Plant engineering Plant modifications Plant life cycle Security Maintenance In high-temperature reactors (HTR), the uranium dioxide particles are surrounded with three layers: a pyrolytic carbon layer at first...

... 18 05 2018 Next generation reactors Nuclear engineering Plant operations Research reactors Plant engineering Plant modifications Plant life cycle Maintenance A simplified configuration and an efficient cycle for nuclear power plants (NPPs) are necessary for generation IV (Gen...

... 23 03 2018 Fuel cycle Next generation reactors Nuclear fuels Nuclear safety Research reactors Radioactive waste management Decommissioning Materials Security Figure 2 provides the κ e f f of Al dispersed fuels with 5, 10, 15, 30, and 50 vol % concentrations...

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... the safe maximal height from the reactor core causing rise in radiation dose levels in the reactor hall. Radiation science Research reactors Radiation protection 24 04 2017 18 09 2017 Manuscript received April 4, 2017; final manuscript received August 18, 2017; published...

... August 24, 2017; published online March 5, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Guoqiang Wang. 16 10 2016 24 08 2017 Alternative energy sources Plant operations Research reactors Small Modular Reactors Plant engineering Plant modifications Plant life cycle Nuclear Maintenance...

.... If the graphite block in reactor core is damaged by the earthquake, flow channel is blocked by the fragments of graphite blocks. Therefore, the pressure difference of the core was compared with the past data. Next generation reactors Nuclear safety Research reactors Security The high temperature...

... publications listed below). 20 10 2017 22 10 2017 Advanced reactors Current reactors Next generation reactors Nuclear education Nuclear engineering Research reactors Thermal hydraulics Public acceptance Nuclear knowledge management For his outstanding work, Professor P. L...

... advantages on safety, if compared with sodium. As a consequence in the last decade, lead applications for fast reactor experienced a boost. Instrumentation Control Next generation reactors Nuclear engineering Research reactors Small Modular Reactors Sliding Electrical systems Using...

... manuscript received June 24, 2017; published online July 31, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Asif Arastu. 29 09 2016 24 06 2017 Current reactors Instrumentation Nuclear engineering Plant operations Plant systems Research reactors Systems reliability Plant engineering Plant modifications...

... function. Plant Systems Research reactors Systems reliability Construction Structures Components Systems performance The RPV, 13.2 m in height and 5.5 m in diameter, is made of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel. The top head closure RPV is bolted to the flange of cylinder of the RPV. Thirty-one S/Ps...

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... assurance (QA) important to safety. PSA has mostly been used in the nuclear power industry, but in recent years it has also started to be incorporated in research reactor (RR) safety analysis, and we therefore cover the subject of PSA usage for this purpose as well. Manuscript received July 18, 2016...

..., and indications of the first two. Achieving these three functions will be called a “safe path.” The Israel Research Reactor 2 (IRR2) has numerous diverse safe paths to ensure the availability of these three safety functions. Each safe path has an associated level of resistance to ground acceleration. A project...

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...Michal Koleška; Michal Šunka; Jaroslav Ernest A spectrometric system was developed for spent fuel burnup evaluations at the LVR-15 research reactor, which employed highly enriched (36%) IRT-2M-type fuel. Such a system allows the measurement of fission product axial distribution by measuring certain...

... August 9, 2016; published online December 20, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Juan-Luis Francois. 30 9 2015 9 8 2016 9 8 2016 Research reactors The issue of thermal neutron transport in iron is important not only in the frames of a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) or reactor internals...

...Zdena Lahodová; Witolda Soukupová; Michal Koleška; Jaroslav Ernest; Jelena Zmítková This paper describes the design and use of a new irradiation facility for the LVR-15 nuclear research reactor. The CHOUCA MT irradiation rig was produced in France according to a design of the ÚJV Group (ÚJV Řež...

... at 136°C. The criticality control rod positions are also calculated under the temperature condition at 136°C. Advanced reactors Research reactors Standards Licensing Regulatory issues Codes The HTTR [1] is a block-type HTGR. Since the first criticality was accomplished in 1998, many...

... the retained residual heat and the decay heat from the reactor core via RPV by natural convection and thermal radiation passively. Next generation reactors Research reactors Copyright © 2016 by ASME 2016 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...