Advanced nuclear power engine: A brief overview of gas core reactor for space exploration
June 2023
Space travel requires propulsion with high specific impulse. Gas core reactors using plasma nuclear fuel operate at high temperature (104-105K) and theoretically produce higher specific impulses (2500-7000s)...
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Phenomena identification Ranking Table (PIRT) study for suppression containment of small modular reactor using new methodology
June 2023
The Phenomena Identification and Ranking Table (PIRT) is a significant method for analyzing the safety of nuclear reactors. It helps researchers identify important phenomena within the reactor, enabling...
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Steady-state thermal fluids analysis for the HTR-PM equilibrium core
2021
The high temperature gas-cooled reactor-pebble bed module (HTR-PM), designed by the Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University, is a demonstration project of nuclear...
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Advanced manufacturing technologies for enhancing security in nuclear and radiological materials transport
September 2023
Advanced manufacturing technologies have transformed various industries, including nuclear security areas such as nuclear and radiological transport. This review manuscript describes the intersection...
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Analysis of explosion incidents in nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities and recommendations for their prevention
June 2024
Human society endeavors to harness nuclear energy for peaceful utilization, intertwining it with global strategies to address pressing issues such as energy demand, environmental preservation, and energy...
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Conceptual design of a novel megawatt portable nuclear power system by supercritical carbon dioxide brayton cycle coupled with heat pipe cooled reactor
December 2023
In order to meet realistic requirements for flexible and reliable power supply in special scenarios such as remote areas and deep ocean exploration, a novel megawatt portable nuclear power system called...
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A comparative neutronic analysis of U–Th fuels as potential alternatives to traditional UO2 fuel for enhanced performance and safety in the ACP-100 SMR
June 2024
This study examines U–Th-based alternative fuel options for the ACP-100 reactor core through a neutronic lens. Neutronic simulations were performed utilizing the Monte Carlo SERPENT code for 540 EFPDs....
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Experimental study of Portland cement concrete performance at moderately-elevated temperature
September 2024
Concrete, as the most commonly-used construction materials, is used for thousands of structures, including buildings in nuclear power plants. Some concrete structures in nuclear power plants are subjected...
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Experimental study on flow characteristics of rectangular narrow channel
2020
Plate fuel elements is gradually used in advanced reactor structure design because of its advantages of high fuel consumption and high safety. The flow channel of the plate fuel element is a typical...
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Calculation of neutron flux and neutron visualization in a spherical reactor core applying a conceptual approach and drawing a comparison with the results obtained by the CITATION code
2021
In this research, a conceptual approach is presented to obtain the neutron flux at a reactor core. A simple spherical reactor core was analyzed by a mathematical model defined by Delphi programming...
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Advancements in the research of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor fuel via additive manufacturing techniques
March 2024
Recent advances in high-temperature gas-cooled reactor fuel research have captured the global spotlight, as modern operating contexts demand innovative responses to unprecedented challenges. This article...
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Optimization study of lead-based reactor heat exchangers based on Dakota coupling CFD
June 2024
The lead-bismuth fast reactor is one of the fourth-generation reactor types.The microchannel heat exchangers are used as intermediate heat exchangers, which significantly influence the efficiency of...
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Research on reactor power prediction of nuclear power plant based on multivariate optimization GRU model
June 2024
In the operation of nuclear power plants, the accurate prediction of power change trends is crucial for ensuring safety and stability. In this work, a ML-GRU-RS method, based on model-agnostic meta-learning...
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Assessment of radiological safety and emergency response of VVER-1200 type reactor
June 2022
We studied the radiological safety and emergency response of the VVER-1200 type nuclear power plant using the RASCAL 4.3 and HOTSPOT 3.1.2 codes for INES levels 5, 6, and 7 reactor accidents due to...
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Research on bubble generation method based on flow control mechanism
Available online 28 August 2023
The method of bubble generation is the key to the application of bubbles, of which the flow control method is widely used because of its low energy consumption and high efficiency, and the flow mechanism...
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Study on the thermal and geometrical parameters of helical coil once-through steam generator system
2021
Due to the special structure, helical coil once-through steam generators (HCOTSGs) can withstand greater thermal expansion stress, have a larger heat exchange area, and cause the secondary flow phenomenon...
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The formation and stripping mechanism of oxide film on stainless steel surfaces
June 2024
Typically, equipment in nuclear facilities operating in nitric acid media are made of stainless steel. Retired equipment exhibits relatively high levels of radioactivity, and chemical cleaning is a...
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Analysis of radiation shielding effectiveness of hydride and borohydride metals for nuclear industry
March 2023
Hydrogenous materials are of great interest in nuclear industry because of the ability of hydrogen to slow-down neutrons. In comparison with common hydrogenous materials, metal hydrides highly enriched...
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Ensuring safety in the Air transport of radioactive materials: Regulations, methodologies, and probabilistic safety assessment
June 2024
The paper is focused on comprehensive study on air transportation of radioactive materials, covering regulations and requirements, hazard identification and proposed a methodology to apply the Probabilistic...
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Calculation of flow heat transfer characteristics of liquid gallium
2021
In order to design a more compact small nuclear reactor, liquid metal gallium can be selected as the reactor coolant. Gallium is rarely used in reactor as liquid metal coolant, however, due to its excellent...
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Investigation of sodium fire aerosol diffusiophoresis deposition in concrete gaps during the processes within nuclear power plants
June 2024
Sodium fire accidents are among the high-risk incidents that nuclear power plants with sodium-cooled fast reactors pay close attention to. Sodium fire reactions can generate a considerable amount of...
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Determination of the neutron and gamma ray dose rates of the irradiating beam tubes of a pool-type research reactor by using Monte Carlo simulation and experimental detectors regarding radiation protection issues
2021
In this paper, the reactor core, irradiating beam tubes, and radiological shields of a 5 MW open pool type Material Testing Reactor (MTR) are simulated in detail by using the MCNPX 2.6 code and its...
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Investigate of electrochemical properties of Nd(II) and Nd(III) in eutectic LiCl–KCl molten salt
June 2024
Pyroprocessing is one of the promising methods to reprocess the spent nuclear fuel. Neodymium (Nd) constitutes about one third of rare earth in fission products, however, the electrochemical properties...
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Experimental study of aerosol diffusiophoresis deposition in steel containment under external cooling measures
June 2024
The steel containment of an advanced passive Pressurized Water Reactor adopted a passive containment cooling system to transfer residual heat to the environment through the steel containment, where...
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Analysis of flow distribution and bypass flow for DHR-400 low temperature heating reactor
June 2024
Flow distribution at the core inlet and the fraction of bypass flow are important aspects of thermal hydraulic design for reactor. Three-dimensional fluid dynamics analysis was used to numerically simulate...
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