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  • An experimental study of laminarization induced by acceleration and curvature

    Creator:
    Jackson, R. Brian
    Abstract:
    The Generation IV Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) design is being actively studied in various countries for application due to its inherent passive safe design, higher thermal efficiencies, and proposed capability of providing high temperature process heat. The pebble bed core is one of two core designs used in gas...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF R. Brian Jackson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear

  • Analysis of Asymmetric Heating on a Scaled High Temperature Gas Reactor Experiment During a Pressurized Conduction Cooldown

    Creator:
    Moore, Thomas
    Abstract:
    Among the candidates for the next generation of nuclear power plant is the high temperature gas reactor (HTGR). Since the HTGR does not have the same operational history as water cooled reactors do in the United States, investigation into the response of different accident phenomena is still an active area...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Brian Woods Among the candidates for the next generation of nuclear power plant is the high

  • System model of a natural circulation integral test facility

    Creator:
    Galvin, Mark Robert, 1967-
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    The Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics (NE/RHP) at Oregon State University (OSU) has been developing an innovative modular reactor plant concept since being initiated with a Department of Energy (DoE) grant in 1999. This concept, the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR), is an integral pressurized water...
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    Facility Abstract approved: Brian G. Woods The Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health

  • Development of a Novel MEMS Thermal Sensor Array for Pebble Bed HTGRs

    Creator:
    Hertel, Matthew A.
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    A novel high temperature thermal instrument is proposed, which utilizes a dual-sensing platinum resistor encased in a mono-crystalline alpha-alumina (sapphire) substrate. The instrument is comprised of four platinum trace elements, oriented with 90° rotational symmetry atop a 1120 oriented crystal lattice substrate. All four of these sensors measure temperature directly...
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    : ________________________________________________________ Brian G. Woods A novel high temperature thermal instrument is proposed, which utilizes a

  • Study on Depressurized Loss of Coolant Accident and its Mitigation Method Framework at Very High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor

    Creator:
    Gutowska, Izabela
    Abstract:
    To understand how a Depressurized Loss of Forced Convection (D-LOFC) initiated from a double-ended guillotine break may affect further operation of a High Temperature Gas Cooled Rector (HTGR), thorough understanding of each specific stage of this event is required. Key considerations that need to be determined is the amount of...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Brian G. Woods Piotr Furmanski To understand how a Depressurized Loss