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  • Classification Modeling of Nuclear Power Plant Outage Severities with Complement Naïve Bayes and Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers

    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Andrew C. Klein Low-level nuclear power plant outages in the United States can lead to

  • Proof of Concept of the use of Advanced Computational Accident Scenario Modeling for Safety Margin Economic Evaluation

    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...
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    Dissertation
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    : Andrew C. Klein The goal of this project was to pave the way for more data-driven decision making when

  • Irradiation Capsule Development for Composite Fuels for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Andrew C. Klein Nuclear

  • A CFD Analysis of a Single Channel in the Mars Hopper Engine

    Creator:
    Koll, Christopher J.
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    C. Klein The Mars Hopper is an alternative extraterrestrial vehicle for the collection of

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis : Proposed Safety Upgrades to Currently Operating Nuclear Power Plants

    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Andrew C. Klein In the wake of nuclear accidents such as Three Mile Island Unit 2 and

  • Design of a Radioisotope Powered Cubesat

    Creator:
    McConnell, Brice David
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    Miniature satellites called cubesats have been gaining increasing popularity in both academic and private spaceflight ventures. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has recently been accepting design proposals for a cubesat mission to Europa, where solar and battery power would be inadequate power sources. In this thesis, a radioisotope powered cubesat was...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    :_____________________________________________________ Andrew Klein Miniature satellites called cubesats have been gaining increasing popularity in

  • Capabilities of Detecting Medical Isotope Facilities through Radioxenon Sampling

    Creator:
    MacDougall, Matthew R.
    Abstract:
    Medical Isotopes are a necessity in modern medicine for cancer treatments and medical imaging. In order to ensure that the needs and demands are met for the medical procedures, facilities are put in place to produce these isotopes. There are over 25 different isotopes of interest being produced by more...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Andrew C. Klein Medical Isotopes are a necessity in modern medicine for cancer treatments

  • Fission Gas Bubble Behavior in Uranium Carbide

    Creator:
    Matthews, Christopher
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    The need for cheap reliable energy, while simultaneously avoiding uranium supply constraints makes uranium carbide (UC) fueled Gas Fast Reactors offer an attractive nuclear reactor design. In order to qualify the fuel, an enhanced understanding of the behavior of uranium carbide during operation is paramount. Due to a reduced re-solution...
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    Dissertation
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    : Fission Gas Bubble Behavior in Uranium Carbide Abstract approved: Andrew C. Klein The need for cheap

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

    Creator:
    Riley, Thomas H.
    Abstract:
    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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    : Andrew C. Klein This project was a proof of concept of the use of the RAVEN software, a tool

  • Probabilistic risk assessment of a vented fuel system utilized in a generation IV gas-cooled fast reactor nuclear power plant

    Creator:
    Lenhof, Renae
    Abstract:
    A limited scope Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) of a vented nuclear fuel system for a Generation IV Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Plant was performed. The goal of the study was to better understand the safety and licensing implications of vented fuel technology. A Level 1 PRA was performed to determine the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Andrew C. Klein A limited scope Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) of a vented