Volume 73

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volume 73

1

High conversion Th-U233 fuel for current generation of PWRs: Part I – Assembly level analysis

Baldova, D., Fridman, E., Shwageraus, E.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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2

Experimental investigation of void distribution in Suppression Pool during the initial blowdown period of a Loss of Coolant Accident using air–water two-phase mixture

Rassame, Somboon, Griffiths, Matthew, Yang, Jun, Lee, Doo Yong, Ju, Peng, Choi, Sung Won, Hibiki, Takashi, Ishii, Mamoru

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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3

Development and application of a thermal-hydraulics analysis code for small modular natural circulation lead or lead-alloy cooled fast reactors

Chen, Zhao, Zhou, Guangming, Zhao, Pengcheng, Chen, Hongli

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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4

Experimental investigation of thermal stratification in a pressurizer surge line

Qiao, Shouxu, Gu, Hongfang, Wang, Haijun, Luo, Yushan, Wang, Dasheng, Liu, Pan, Wang, Qingli, Mao, Qing

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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5

Proposal of a new type of two-phase interchannel mixing model for application to subchannel analysis of PWR conditions

Pang, Bo, Cheng, Xu

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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6

Ensemble-based sensitivity analysis of a Best Estimate Thermal Hydraulics model: Application to a Passive Containment Cooling System of an AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant

Di Maio, Francesco, Nicola, Giancarlo, Zio, Enrico, Yu, Yu

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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7

The design and fabrication of a small MHD pump for liquid sodium circulation

Kim, Hee Reyoung

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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8

A novel fault detection system taking into account uncertainties in the reconstructed signals

Al-Dahidi, Sameer, Baraldi, Piero, Di Maio, Francesco, Zio, Enrico

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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9

Coupled 3D neutronics/thermal hydraulics modeling of the SAFARI-1 MTR

Rosenkrantz, Adam, Avramova, Maria, Ivanov, Kostadin, Prinsloo, Rian, Botes, Danniëll, Elsakhawy, Khalid

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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10

Theoretical calculations and evaluations of n+32,33,34,36,nat.S reactions

Wu, Zhendong, Liang, Haiying, Li, Juan, Zhang, Zhengjun, Han, Yinlu

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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11

Structural assessment of intermediate printed circuit heat exchanger for sodium-cooled fast reactor with supercritical CO2 cycle

Lee, Youho, Lee, Jeong Ik

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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12

Numerical simulation of air pollutant dispersion using an in situ tracer experiment at a nuclear site

Jeong, Hyojoon, Kim, Eunhan, Park, Misun, Jeong, Haesun, Hwang, Wontae, Han, Moonhee

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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13

Stability analysis for single-phase liquid metal rectangular natural circulation loops

Lu, Daogang, Zhang, Xun, Guo, Chao

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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14

Optimization study of Ultra-long Cycle Fast Reactor core concept

Tak, Taewoo, Lee, Deokjung, Kim, T.K., Hong, Ser Gi

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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15

Validation of the burn-up code EVOLCODE 2.0 with PWR experimental data and with a Sensitivity/Uncertainty analysis

Álvarez-Velarde, F., González-Romero, E.M., Rodríguez, I. Merino

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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16

Effect of silica nanoparticles on the stability of decontamination foam and their application for oxide dissolution of corroded specimens

Yoon, In-Ho, Jung, Chong-Hun, Yoon, Suk Bon, Park, Sang Yoon, Moon, Jei-Kwon, Choi, Wang-Kyu

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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17

Optimizing variance reduction in Monte Carlo eigenvalue calculations that employ the source iteration approach

Burn, Kenneth W.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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18

From flatness to steepness: Updating TALYS covariances with experimental information

Rochman, D., Koning, A.J., Bauge, E., Plompen, A.J.M.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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19

Modeling the thermal–hydraulic behavior of the reactor cavity cooling system using RELAP5-3D

Vaghetto, Rodolfo, Hassan, Yassin A.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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20

Numerical simulation of the SURC-2 and SURC-4 MCCI experiments by MPS method

Li, Xin, Oka, Yoshiaki

Journal:

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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21

Flow boiling heat transfer in volumetrically heated packed bed

Xu, Guangzhan, Sun, Zhongning, Meng, Xianke, Zhang, Xiaoning

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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22

A simple procedure to estimate reactivity with good noise filtering characteristics

Shimazu, Yoichiro

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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23

Heat transfer research on enhanced heating surfaces in flow boiling in a minichannel and pool boiling

Piasecka, Magdalena

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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24

Effects of cross sections tables generation and optimization on rod ejection transient analyses

Sánchez-Cervera, S., García-Herranz, N., Herrero, José J., Cuervo, D.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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25

A new method for multi-objective in core fuel management optimization using biogeography based algorithm

Khoshahval, Farrokh, Zolfaghari, Ahmad, Minuchehr, Hamid

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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26

Effects of depth on transport of 129I in crystalline rock

Orucoglu, Esra, van den Akker, Bret P., Ahn, Joonhong

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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27

A state-of-the-art review of recent advances in supercritical natural circulation loops for nuclear applications

Sarkar, Milan K.S., Tilak, Abhilash K., Basu, Dipankar N.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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28

An empirical study on the human error recovery failure probability when using soft controls in NPP advanced MCRs

Jang, Inseok, Kim, Ar Ryum, Jung, Wondea, Seong, Poong Hyun

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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29

Unbiased estimators of coincidence and correlation in non-analogous Monte Carlo particle transport

Szieberth, M., Kloosterman, J.L.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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30

Note on the comparison of experimental and simulated gamma energy spectra for NaI with 137Cs, 60Co, and 241Am

Celiktas, C., Ermis, E.E., Pilicer, E.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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31

CFD simulating the transient thermal–hydraulic characteristics in a 17×17 bundle for a spent fuel pool under the loss of external cooling system accident

Chen, S.R., Lin, W.C., Ferng, Y.M., Chieng, C.C., Pei, B.S.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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32

Measurements and visualization of velocity profiles in a scaled CANDU6 moderator tank using particle image velocimetry

Seo, Han, Kim, Hyoung Tae, Cha, Jae Eun, Bang, In Cheol

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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33

Fractional neutron point kinetics equations for nuclear reactor dynamics – Numerical solution investigations

Nowak, Tomasz Karol, Duzinkiewicz, Kazimierz, Piotrowski, Robert

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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34

Kinetics and equilibrium modeling of uranium(VI) sorption by bituminous shale from aqueous solution

Ortaboy, Sinem, Atun, Gülten

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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35

A variational principle for the Milne problem linear extrapolation length

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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36

Core axial power shape reconstruction based on radial basis function neural network

Peng, Xingjie, Li, Qing, Wang, Kan

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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37

A fission collision separation method for efficient incident flux response expansion coefficient generation

Zhang, Dingkang, Rahnema, Farzad

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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38

Theory and applications of the fission matrix method for continuous-energy Monte Carlo

Carney, Sean, Brown, Forrest, Kiedrowski, Brian, Martin, William

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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39

Quasi-differential neutron scattering from 238U from 0.5 to 20MeV

Daskalakis, A.M., Bahran, R.M., Blain, E.J., McDermott, B.J., Piela, S., Danon, Y., Barry, D.P., Leinweber, G., Block, R.C., Rapp, M.J., Capote, R., Trkov, A.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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40

Flow resistance characteristics of pulsating laminar flow in rectangular channels

Zhuang, Nailiang, Tan, Sichao, Yuan, Hongsheng, Zhang, Chuan

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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41

Numerical simulation based on Haar wavelet operational method to solve neutron point kinetics equation involving sinusoidal and pulse reactivity

Patra, A., Saha Ray, S.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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42

Research on intelligent monitor for 3D power distribution of reactor core

Xia, Hong, Li, Bin, Liu, Jianxin

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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43

Utilizing the burnup capability in MCNPX to perform depletion analysis of an MNSR fuel

Boafo, E.K., Alhassan, E., Akaho, E.H.K.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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44

Experimental study of natural convection heat transfer in a volumetrically heated semicircular pool

Lee, Jong Kuk, Suh, Kune Y., Lee, Kun Jai, Yun, Jong-Il

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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45

Hydrodynamics of slug flow in a vertical narrow rectangular channel under laminar flow condition

Wang, Yang, Yan, Changqi, Cao, Xiaxin, Sun, Licheng, Yan, Chaoxing, Tian, Qiwei

Journal:

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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46

Real-time assessment of exposure dose to workers in radiological environments during decommissioning of nuclear facilities

Jeong, KwanSeong, Choi, ByungSeon, Moon, JeiKwon, Hyun, Dongjun, Lee, Jonghwan, Kim, IkJune, Kim, GeunHo, Seo, JaeSeok, Jeong, SeongYoung, Lee, JungJun, Song, HaeSang, Lee, SangWha, Son, BongKi

Journal:

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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english, 2014

47

Calculation and measurement of neutron flux in internal parts of the VVER-1000 mock-up

Košt’ál, Michal, Švadlenková, Marie, Cvachovec, František, Jánský, Bohumil, Milčák, Ján, Juříček, Vlastimil, Rypar, Vojtěch, Kolros, Antonín, Losa, Evžen

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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48

Thermal–hydraulic characteristics and flow instability analysis of an HTGR helical tube steam generator

Ma, Yue, Li, Xiaowei, Wu, Xinxin

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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english, 2014

49

Discontinuous finite element discretizations for the S

Maginot, Peter G., Ragusa, Jean C., Morel, Jim E.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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50

Seamless remote dismantling system for heavy and highly radioactive components of Korean nuclear power plants

Hyun, Dongjun, Lee, Sung-Uk, Seo, Yong-Chil, Kim, Geun-Ho, Lee, Jonghwan, Jeong, Kwan-Seong, Choi, Byung-Seon, Moon, Jei-Kwon

Journal:

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

Language:

english

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51

Prediction of local loss coefficient for turbulent flow in axisymmetric sudden expansions with a chamfer: Effect of Reynolds number

Bae, Youngmin, Kim, Young In

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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PDF, 2.28 MB

english, 2014

52

Preliminary study of coupling CFD code FLUENT and system code RELAP5

Li, Wei, Wu, Xiaoli, Zhang, Dalin, Su, Guanghui, Tian, Wenxi, Qiu, Suizheng

Journal:

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

Language:

english

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53

Neutronic study of an innovative natural uranium–thorium based fusion–fission hybrid energy system

Xiao, S.C., Zhao, J., Zhou, Z., Yang, Y.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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english, 2014

54

Critical heavy water level and some parameters for the HWZPR reactor core using MCNP4c code

Nasrabadi, M.N., Teimouri, B., Moosakhani, A.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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55

Optimization of a moisture separator reheater

Li, Guijing, Yan, Changqi, Wang, Jianjun

Journal:

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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56

Design, in-sodium testing and performance evaluation of annular linear induction pump for a sodium cooled fast reactor

Nashine, B.K., Rao, B.P.C.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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57

Editorial board

Journal:

Annals of Nuclear Energy

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2014

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english

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58

Reactor fuel depletion benchmark of TINDER

Martin, W.J., de Oliveira, C.R.E., Hecht, A.A.

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Annals of Nuclear Energy

Year:

2014

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english

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