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  • Benchmarked simulation of antineutrino source terms for light water reactors during normal operation and diversion scenarios

    Creator:
    Somasundaram, Elanchezhian
    Abstract:
    Detection of reactor antineutrinos for non-proliferation applications has been researched extensively across the globe and is considered as a potential technology to remotely monitor reactor operations without any intrusions to reactor components. Reactor antineutrino detection experiments have been conducted in the past and have proven successful in detecting the changes...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: Benchmarked Simulation of Antineutrino Source Terms for Light Water Reactors during Normal

  • Feasibility Study of Using HANARO Fuel Rods in WWR-SM Reactor

    Creator:
    Peguero, Lara M.
    Abstract:
    Interest in increased fuel supply stability has driven an investigation into possible alternate fuel for use in the WWR-SM research reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Uzbekistan. The WWR-SM is a high-power, pool-type research reactor currently utilizing IRT-4M fuel made by a single Russian supplier. A candidate for...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -power, pool-type light water reactor currently utilizing IRT-4M LEU fuel [6]. Since its initial

  • Investigation of the IRWST flow patterns during a simulated station blackout experiment on the OSU APEX facility

    Creator:
    Strohecker, Mark F.
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    The OSU/APEX thermal hydraulic test facility models the passive safety systems of the Westinghouse AP600 advanced light water reactor design. Numerous experiments have been performed to test these systems, the one of focus here is the station blackout scenario. This experiment simulated the complete loss of AC power to all...
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    Masters Thesis
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    passive safety systems of the Westinghouse AP600 advanced light water reactor design. Numerous

  • An advanced nodal discretization for the quasi-diffusion low-order equations

    Creator:
    Nes, Razvan
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    The subject of this thesis is the development of a nodal discretization of the low-order quasi-diffusion (QDLO) equations for global reactor core calculations. The advantage of quasi-diffusion (QD) is that it is able to capture transport effects at the surface between unlike fuel assemblies better than the diffusion approximation. We...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -by-pin" modeling of a light water reactor (LWR). Since the diffusion length characterizes the

  • Design and analysis of a nuclear reactor core for innovative small light water reactors

    Creator:
    Soldatov, Alexey I.
    Abstract:
    In order to address the energy needs of developing countries and remote communities, Oregon State University has proposed the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) design. In order to achieve five years of operation without refueling, use of 8% enriched fuel is necessary. This dissertation is focused on core design...
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    Dissertation
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    SMALL LIGHT WATER REACTORS. By Alexey I. Soldatov A DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon

  • Extending the discrete maximum principle for the IMC equations

    Creator:
    Talbot, Paul W.
    Abstract:
    The implicit Monte Carlo (IMC) method [16] for radiative transfer, developed in 1971, provides numerical solutions to the tightly-coupled, highly-nonlinear radiative heat transfer equations in many physical situations. Despite its popularity, there are instances of overheating in the solution for particular choices of time steps and spatial grid sizes. To...
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    Masters Thesis
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    frequency, c is the speed of light in a vacuum, and k is Boltzmann’s constant. The interaction of photons