Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-08-12DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2368960
Koichiro Omura
{"title":"Response to the Seawater Contamination Event at Hamaoka Unit 5 and the Effects of Corrosion by Seawater","authors":"Koichiro Omura","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2368960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2368960","url":null,"abstract":"Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Unit 5 is an advanced boiling water reactor with a generating capacity of 1.38 GW. It was shut down on May 14, 2011 at the request of the Minister of Economy, Trade an...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142207119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-08-07DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2380951
Jun Fang, Dillon Shaver, Paul Romano, Elia Merzari
{"title":"Large-scale Multiphysics Simulations of Small Modular Reactors Operating in Natural Circulation","authors":"Jun Fang, Dillon Shaver, Paul Romano, Elia Merzari","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2380951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2380951","url":null,"abstract":"Thanks to the advancements in high-performance computing, advanced modeling and simulation have become crucial in driving the development and deployment of next-generation nuclear reactors, such as...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142207123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-08-07DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2346869
Rashdan Malkawi, Sayel Marashdeh, Kafa Al-Khasawneh, Aseel Al-Mohammad, Mahmoud Suaifan, Mohammad Omari, Majd Hawwari
{"title":"Validation of McCARD Monte Carlo Calculation Code Against NAA Experiments Using Rare Earth Element Certified Reference Material Activated at JRTR","authors":"Rashdan Malkawi, Sayel Marashdeh, Kafa Al-Khasawneh, Aseel Al-Mohammad, Mahmoud Suaifan, Mohammad Omari, Majd Hawwari","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2346869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2346869","url":null,"abstract":"Rare earth elements (REEs) are widely used in several high-tech modern industries. Quantification of REEs demonstrates a technical challenge that requires the use of special scientific techniques. ...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142207126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-08-07DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2384262
Ahmed S. Adail
{"title":"Robust Design of Electrical System for Nuclear Plants to Prevent a Nuclear Accident During an Emergency Situation","authors":"Ahmed S. Adail","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2384262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2384262","url":null,"abstract":"The Chernobyl accident taught us an important lesson regarding the significance of the emergency diesel generator (EDG), which is crucial for supplying a nuclear facility with emergency alternating...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"249 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142207124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2380580
Emil Helmryd Grosfilley, Gustav Robertson, Jerol Soibam, Jean-Marie Le Corre
{"title":"Investigation of Machine Learning Regression Techniques to Predict Critical Heat Flux Over a Large Parameter Space","authors":"Emil Helmryd Grosfilley, Gustav Robertson, Jerol Soibam, Jean-Marie Le Corre","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2380580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2380580","url":null,"abstract":"A unifying and accurate model to predict critical heat flux (CHF) over a wide range of conditions has been elusive since wall boiling research emerged. With the release of the experimental data uti...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2376996
David Anderson, Jamie Coble
{"title":"Implementing Component Degradations into a Modelica Model of an iPWR System to Develop Health Monitoring Techniques","authors":"David Anderson, Jamie Coble","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2376996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2376996","url":null,"abstract":"The economic operation of small modular reactors will partly rely on managing and reducing inspection and maintenance activities while supporting new operational paradigms like load-following. Turb...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141886290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2377034
Ryan M. Spangler, Mahsa Raeisinezhad, Daniel G. Cole
{"title":"Explainable, Deep Reinforcement Learning–Based Decision Making for Operations and Maintenance","authors":"Ryan M. Spangler, Mahsa Raeisinezhad, Daniel G. Cole","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2377034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2377034","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents research that integrates condition monitoring and prognostics with decision making for nuclear power plant operations and maintenance aimed at reducing lifetime maintenance and ...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141886289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-07-30DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2369825
Kenton Sherick, Aniruddha Ray, Pierre Berneron, B. Allen Tolson, Chadwick Barklay, Maarten den Heijer, Christofer E. Whiting
{"title":"Feasibility of a Small, Low-Power RTG Concept Utilizing a GPHS Heat Source","authors":"Kenton Sherick, Aniruddha Ray, Pierre Berneron, B. Allen Tolson, Chadwick Barklay, Maarten den Heijer, Christofer E. Whiting","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2369825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2369825","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past 25 years, the average cadence of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) missions that employ radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) or other radioisotope power sy...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141886409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear TechnologyPub Date : 2024-07-29DOI: 10.1080/00295450.2024.2375488
Ilyas Yilgor, Zachary D. Sellers, Jeremy L. Hartvigsen, Katrina M. Sweetland, Pei-Hsun Huang, Taehwan Ahn, Joseph Seo, Annalisa Manera, Victor Petrov, Mark Anderson, Yassin Hassan, Shanbin Shi, Piyush Sabharwall
{"title":"Recent Developments and Findings of Heat Pipe Experiments for Microreactor Applications","authors":"Ilyas Yilgor, Zachary D. Sellers, Jeremy L. Hartvigsen, Katrina M. Sweetland, Pei-Hsun Huang, Taehwan Ahn, Joseph Seo, Annalisa Manera, Victor Petrov, Mark Anderson, Yassin Hassan, Shanbin Shi, Piyush Sabharwall","doi":"10.1080/00295450.2024.2375488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2024.2375488","url":null,"abstract":"Microreactor technologies are required to provide reliable carbon-free power generation in remote applications. The heat pipe–cooled microreactor concept, in particular, offers notable advantages d...","PeriodicalId":19402,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Technology","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142207128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}