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  • High pressure condensation heat transfer in the evacuated containment of a small modular reactor

    Creator:
    Casey, Jason R.
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    At Oregon State University the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) integral effects testing facility is being prepared for safety analysis matrix testing in support of the NuScale Power Inc. (NSP) design certification progress. The facility will be used to simulate design basis accident performance of the reactor's safety systems....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Nuclear Regulatory Commission SMR Small Modular Reactor NSSS Nuclear Steam Supply System LOCA Loss of

  • Proof of concept of the use of RAVEN and RELAP5-3D for risk informed safety margin characterization

    Creator:
    Riley, Thomas H.
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    This project was a proof of concept of the use of the RAVEN software, a tool developed for the Risk Informed Safety Margin Characterization (RISMC) approach, with RELAP5-3D. This novel approach combines older probabilistic and mechanistic approaches to look at how and why the complex systems of a nuclear power...
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    Masters Thesis
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    complex systems of a nuclear power plant might fail in an accident scenario in greater detail than the

  • High Pressure Condensation in an SMR Containment

    Creator:
    Mullin, Etienne M.
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    The Oregon State University Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor test facility is employed in a series tests to evaluate condensation heat transfer in small, high pressure containment vessels characteristic of small modular reactor designs under development. This integral system test facility was constructed to demonstrate the feasibility of a pioneering...
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    of the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative. The MASLWR concept is a small pressurized water reactor

  • Flow Dynamics and Condensation of Film Flows in Small Modular Reactors

    Creator:
    Lee, Dongyoung
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    There is renewed interest in the reliability and safety of nuclear power plants following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident followed by 8.9 magnitude earthquake and Tsunami with the height of 15 m on March 11, 2011. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) have been developed to improve safety systems by utilizing passive...
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    Dissertation
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    safety of nuclear power plants following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident followed by 8.9

  • Design, fabrication, and characterization of the laser-imaged natural circulation (LINC) facility

    Creator:
    Goodrich, Sam S.
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    Currently there is a great amount of interest in the phenomena of natural circulation as a cooling mechanism for normal operation as well as emergency conditions in nuclear reactors and spent fuel pools. In order to better understand this phenomena for the specific geometry of vertical, heated rods in water,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    (IAEA) classifies any commercial nuclear power reactor with a design power output of 300 MW electric

  • A thermal hydraulics analysis of a molybdenum production element for implementation in TRIGA reactors

    Creator:
    Byfield, Patrick
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    The metastable isotope of technetium-99 (Tc-99m) is an important diagnostic tool used in the field of nuclear medicine due to the isotope's 6.0 hour half-life, 140.5 keV γ-decay mechanism, and multiple oxidation states [1,2]. Approximately 70% of the world’s nuclear medicine procedures involve the use of Tc-99m [3]. The conventional...
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    ], the UC Davis McClellan Nuclear Radiation Center (MNRC) TRIGA® reactor [25], the Reattore Casaccia-1