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A feasibility analysis of high conversion ratio pressurized water reactor designs

Creator:: Kliewer, Charles P.
Abstract:: A significant amount of interest has been aroused recently concerning the advancement of the current pressurized water reactor core designs with a special emphasis towards improving the conversion characteristics of these reactors. Most reports have been divided into two camps; those that deal with the neutronic aspects and those that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the reference design plant. This was done since it is a Westinghouse designed reactor, as are a large

Scaling of the thermal mixing processes within the lower plenums of VHTR designs

Creator:: Van Horn, Matthew A.
Abstract:: The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) design was one of six designs chosen for development under the Generation IV initiative. Thermal mixing of the coolant at the exit of the reactor has been a common concern for VHTR reactor designs. Thermal mixing processes are commonly investigated through the use of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Hard spectrum reactor design criterion for actinide utilization

Creator:: Prichard, Andrew W.
Abstract:: The United States nuclear industry is under significant public pressure to close the nuclear fuel cycle. Closing the fuel cycle will require that nuclear waste, fission products and transuranics, except plutonium (actinides), be disposed of by permanent burial. The actinides can be buried with the fission products, but this will...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 81 Hard Spectrum Reactor Design Criterion for Actinide Utilization 1.0 Introduction The nuclear

Nuclear design analysis of low-power (1-30 KWe) space nuclear reactor systems

Creator:: Gedeon, Stephen R.
Abstract:: Preliminary nuclear design studies have been completed on ten configurations of nuclear reactors for low power (1-30 kWe) space applications utilizing thermionic energy conversion. Additional design studies have been conducted on the TRICE multimegawatt in-core thermionic reactor configuration. In each of the cases, a reactor configuration has been determined which...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Convertor Design 34 6.0 TRICE Multimegawatt Reactor 38 7.0 Criticality Feasibility and Safety Evaluation

Comparative analysis of the Žukauskas method and data from the OSU MASLWR test facility steam generator

Creator:: Wuth, Bradyn J.
Abstract:: Some of the next generation of small modular reactors have been designed with helically coiled steam generators integrated into the reactor vessel to enhance natural circulation. According to the developers of TASS/SMR, a one-dimensional thermal hydraulic code written to model the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute's SMART reactor, the Žukauskas...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - signing Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). SMRs are a new genre of nuclear reactor design that are typically

System modeling and reactor design study of an advanced incore thermionic space reactor

Creator:: Lee, Hsing Hui
Abstract:: Incore thermionic space reactor design concepts which operate at a nominal power output range of 20 to 50 kWe are described. Details of the neutronic, thermionic, thermal hydraulics and shielding performance are presented. Due to the strong absorption of thermal neutrons by natural tungsten, and the large amount of that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Science in Nuclear Engineering presented on October 12,1992 . Title: System Modeling and Reactor Design

Development of systems analysis program for space reactor studies

Creator:: Lewis, Bryan R.
Abstract:: An overall systems design code was developed to model an advanced in-core thermionic energy conversion based nuclear reactor system for space applications at power levels of 10 to 50 kWe. The purpose of this work was to provide the overall shell for the systems code and to also provide the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 16 3.3 SP-100 Reactor and Shield Design 17 IV. NEUTRONIC ANALYSIS 19 4.1 General MCNP Information 20

Top-down scaling analysis of the integral reactor vessel test facility

Creator:: Graves, Joshua D.
Abstract:: Oregon State University has conducted research in collaboration with TerraPower, LLC, to perform a top-down scaling analysis of an integrated test facility. The goal of this facility is to simulate transient and quasi-steady phenomena at a reduced scale, including steady-state operation, pump coastdown, natural circulation, reactor head heat transfer, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with the transition of the Light Water Reactor (LWR) as the primary reactor design utilized and

Thermal hydraulic and fuel performance analysis for innovative small light water reactor using VIPRE-01 and FRAPCON-3

Creator:: Mai, Anh T.
Abstract:: The Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) is a small natural circulation pressurized light water reactor design that was developed by Oregon State University (OSU) and Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) under the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) program to address the growing demand for energy and electricity....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: reactor design that was developed by Oregon State University (OSU) and Idaho National Engineering and

Design and architecture of an improved microcomputer-controlled perturbed angular correlation spectrometer

Creator:: Stevens, Darren W.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Design and architecture of an improved microcomputer

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A feasibility analysis of high conversion ratio pressurized water reactor designs

Scaling of the thermal mixing processes within the lower plenums of VHTR designs

Hard spectrum reactor design criterion for actinide utilization

Nuclear design analysis of low-power (1-30 KWe) space nuclear reactor systems

Comparative analysis of the Žukauskas method and data from the OSU MASLWR test facility steam generator

System modeling and reactor design study of an advanced incore thermionic space reactor

Development of systems analysis program for space reactor studies

Top-down scaling analysis of the integral reactor vessel test facility

Thermal hydraulic and fuel performance analysis for innovative small light water reactor using VIPRE-01 and FRAPCON-3

Design and architecture of an improved microcomputer-controlled perturbed angular correlation spectrometer

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