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High-temperature plumbing and advanced reactors
The use of nuclear fission power and its role in impacting climate change is hotly debated. Fission advocates argue that short-term solutions would involve the rapid deployment of Gen III+ nuclear reactors, like Vogtle-3 and -4, while long-term climate change impact would rely on the creation and implementation of Gen IV reactors, “inherently safe” reactors that use passive laws of physics and chemistry rather than active controls such as valves and pumps to operate safely. While Gen IV reactors vary in many ways, one thing unites nearly all of them: the use of exotic, high-temperature coolants. These fluids, like molten salts and liquid metals, can enable reactor engineers to design much safer nuclear reactors—ultimately because the boiling point of each fluid is extremely high. Fluids that remain liquid over large temperature ranges can provide good heat transfer through many demanding conditions, all with minimal pressurization. Although the most apparent use for these fluids is advanced fission power, they have the potential to be applied to other power generation sources such as fusion, thermal storage, solar, or high-temperature process heat.1–3
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Evaluation of the Fluid-Structure Interaction Effects in a Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor
R. Lo Frano
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 1-10
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-23
Modeling and SISO/MIMO Control with an Inverse Nyquist Array and Stability Analysis for Load-Follow Operation of PWR Core Without Boron
Gang Li
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 11-29
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-115
Evaluation of External Event Effects on JSFR Fuel Handling System
Atsushi Katoh, Yoshitaka Chikazawa, Masayuki Uzawa, Fumiaki Kaneko, Akihiro Ide
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 30-44
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-147
Measurements of Charged Aerosol Coagulation
Matthew P. Simones, Sudarshan K. Loyalka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 45-62
Technical Paper | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-14
Implications of Plutonium Isotopic Separation on Closed Fuel Cycles and Repository Design
Charles Forsberg
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 63-70
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-137
Analysis of Loss-of-Flow Accidents for the NIST Research Reactor with Fuel Conversion from HEU to LEU
J. S. Baek, A. Cuadra, L.-Y. Cheng, A. L. Hanson, N. R. Brown, D. J. Diamond
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 71-86
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-124
Fault-Tolerant Architecture and Reliability Analysis for NISS-RPS
Dong Hoon Kim, Gwang Seop Son, Choul Woong Son, Dong Young Lee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 87-102
Technical Paper | Nuclear Plant Operations and Control | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-142
On the Solution of the Nonlinear Fractional Neutron Point-Kinetics Equation with Newtonian Temperature Feedback Reactivity
A. Patra, S. Saha Ray
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 1 | January 2015 | Pages 103-109
Technical Note | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-148
Selector-Valve Failed Fuel Detection and Location System for Japan Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor
Kosuke Aizawa, Kaoru Fujita, Hideki Kamide, Naoto Kasahara
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 111-121
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-156
The Behavior of Radiolytically Produced Hydrogen in a High-Level Liquid Waste Tank of a Reprocessing Plant: Hydrogen Concentration in the Ventilated Tank Air
Hiroshi Kinuhata, Yoji Shirato, Masahiro Tomiyama, Takashi Kodama, Masanao Nakano, Takeshi Yasuda, Koichi Tsutagi, Yasuyuki Yoshino, Yoshinobu Nakamura, Yoshikazu Tamauchi, Shingo Matsuoka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 122-132
Technical Paper | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-11
Experimental Investigation of the Interaction Kinetics Between Metallic Melt and Special Concrete
S. M. An, K. S. Ha, B. T. Min, H. Y. Kim, J. H. Song
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 133-142
Technical Paper | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-24
Tagging-Gas Failed Fuel Detection and Location System for Sodium-Cooled Reactors
Kosuke Aizawa, Yoshitaka Chikazawa
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 143-151
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-161
Assessment of the Potential of By-Product Recovery of Thorium to Satisfy Demands of a Future Thorium Fuel Cycle
Timothy Ault, Steven Krahn, Allen Croff
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 152-162
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-19
Effect of Thermal Conductivity Degradation for High-Burnup Fuel During a Postulated Control Element Assembly Ejection Accident
Seok-Hee Ryu, Kil-Sup Um, Jae-Il Lee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 163-172
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-28
Demonstration of Signature-Based Safeguards for Pyroprocessing as Applied to Electrorefining and the Ingot Casting Process
Philip L. Lafreniere, Devin S. Rappleye, Robert O. Hoover, Michael F. Simpson, Edward D. Blandford
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 173-185
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-35
Parametric Study of Trade-Offs in the Hybrid Transport Theory MAVRIC Methodology for Shielding and Dosimetry Analyses
Benjamin C. Bowers, Bojan Petrovic
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 186-201
Technical Note | Radiation Transport and Protection | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-162
Reactor Physics Scoping and Characterization Study on Implementation of TRIGA Fuel in the Advanced Test Reactor
Jennifer A. Lyons, Wade R. Marcum, Sean Morrell, Mark DeHart
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 2 | February 2015 | Pages 202-217
Technical Note | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-33
Representing Nuclear Criticality Excursion Experiment Data by an Artificial Neural Network
Peter L. Angelo
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 219-240
Technical Paper | Criticality Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-44
Generation of Graphite Particles by Sliding Abrasion and Their Characterization
Raymond S. Troy, Robert V. Tompson, Tushar K. Ghosh, Sudarshan K. Loyalka, Nidia C. Gallego
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 241-257
Technical Paper | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-25
Influence of Carbon Nanotube Dispersion in UO2–Carbon Nanotube Ceramic Matrix Composites Utilizing Spark Plasma Sintering
Andrew Cartas, Haitang Wang, Ghatu Subhash, Ronald Baney, James Tulenko
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 258-267
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-7
Turbine Bypass, Mass Inventory, and Mixed-Mode Generator Power Control of S-CO2 Recompression Cycle
Alexander Heifetz, Richard Vilim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 268-277
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-113
Conceptual Design of Passive Containment Cooling System for APR-1400 Using Multipod Heat Pipe
Gyeongho Nam, Junseok Park, Sangnyung Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 278-293
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-121
Influence of Solution Chemistry on the Selective Adsorption of Uranium and Thorium Onto Activated Carbon
S. M. Yakout
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 294-300
Technical Paper | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-39
Microfluidic-Based Sample Chips for Radioactive Solutions
J. L. Tripp, J. D. Law, T. E. Smith, V. J. Rutledge, W. F. Bauer, R. D. Ball, P. A. Hahn
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 301-311
Technical Paper | Radioisotopes | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-5
Radial Density Distribution in Irradiated FBR MOX Fuel Pellets
Akihiro Ishimi, Kozo Katsuyama, Hirofumi Nakamura, Takeo Asaga, Hirotaka Furuya
Nuclear Technology | Volume 189 | Number 3 | March 2015 | Pages 312-317
Technical Paper | Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT14-34
