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Creator:: Riley, Thomas H.
Abstract:: The goal of this project was to pave the way for more data-driven decision making when considering safety within Nuclear Engineering by proving the concept of new and innovative accident scenario modeling techniques for the analysis of the economics of nuclear safety margins. To do this, a simple, if extremely...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: computational power and is very expensive, as the various paths to radionuclide release in an accident

Creator:: Koll, Christopher J.
Abstract:: The Mars Hopper is an alternative extraterrestrial vehicle for the collection of samples from the Martian surface. This thesis studied the engine of the Mars Hopper to assess the validity of the current planned launch cycle according to current parameters. To do this, the engine was simplified to an average...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: any computational study the results are merely an educated guess of the physics in the system

Creator:: Jordahl, Jonathan T.
Abstract:: In the wake of nuclear accidents such as Three Mile Island Unit 2 and Fukushima, the nuclear power industry’s safety record is scrutinized. Today the main concerns lies with hydrogen production in a nuclear reactor core when the zirconium fuel cladding reacts with the water coolant during an accident, creating...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jonathan T. Jordahl for the degree of Master of Science in Nuclear

Creator:: Fishler, Joshua D.
Abstract:: High Temperature Gas Reactors (HTGRs) are positioned to disrupt local and global markets via their unique ability to produce carbon-free process heat, high efficiency power generation, and passively safe operational features. However, significant impediments still exist to delay deployment of this particular technology, including a lack of experimental data, verified...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , especially those produced by IETF efforts, present a four stage process to describe the dominant physics in

Creator:: Castillo, Michael A.
Abstract:: Low-level nuclear power plant outages in the United States can lead to unanticipated costs, potentially compromising the expected operation lifetime of the plant. Nuclear power plants are complex systems of interfacing components and highly regulated processes. This inherent complexity makes predicting outages from system dependencies very challenging. When outages do...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: lead to extensive computational costs. 2.3 Artificial Intelligence in Natural Language Processing

Creator:: Thody, Austin
Abstract:: Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) designs have received renewed interest due to their superior thermal efficiencies and a rehabilitated desire for space exploration. This has resulted in improved NTR fuel designs that have unique properties that require investigation and testing in order to be more safely designed and operated. Oak Ridge...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , to the instructors teaching me physics in high school, and now finishing my master’s degree

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