Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Accident Tolerant Fuels"”.
-
Impact of reactor environment on quenching heat transfer of accident tolerant fuel cladding
Development of accident tolerant fuels (ATF) for light water reactors (LWRs) came into focus for the nuclear engineering community after the accidents at Fukushima-Daiichi. The primary focus of the ATF program is to identify alternative fuel and cladding technologies that may provide enhanced …
-
Development of an experimental technique to investigate droplet cooling phenomena on accident tolerant fuel materials
… spray coolers in boiling water reactors. As new accident tolerant fuels are developed, understanding how they respond to droplet cooling is important to ensuring safe operations. Recent studies have indicated that surfaces engineered with micro- and nanostructures may affect the Leidenfrost point …
-
Analysis and optimization of a new accident tolerant fuel called fuel-in-fibers
The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident highlighted the weakness of the current nuclear fuel and motivated R&D of accident tolerant fuels. Accident tolerant fuels (ATF) are fuels that can tolerate loss of active cooling in the core of light water reactors (LWRs) for a considerably longer period of time …
-
Quantifying the fouling resistance of Accident-Tolerant Fuel (ATF) cladding coatings with force spectroscopy
… these CRUD forces were compared to other non-accident tolerant fuels, and there are cases in which non-ATF materials show more CRUD resistance (less adhesive force) than ATF-materials. This study's analysis could be applied to other materials to be used for reactor cladding. Once the material …
-
Estimation of coping time in pressurized water reactors for accident tolerant fuel claddings
The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) accident in Japan has motivated improving the safety of current light water reactors (LWRs). Accident tolerant fuels (ATF) are being developed to enhance the safety of LWRs by tolerating loss of active cooling in the core for a longer duration compared to …
-
SERPENT Modeling of the Transient Reactor Test Facility and Comparison with Measured Experimental Data
… there is an increased need for research into accident tolerant light water reactor fuels. In addition to the need for accident tolerant fuels testing there is a rising demand for clean renewable energy and the design of many generation IV reactors to fill the role which will require testing of …
-
Techno-economic evaluation of cross-cutting technologies for cost reduction in nuclear power plants
… coatings. Other technologies evaluated include accident tolerant fuels, advanced instrumentation and control, advanced power cycles, embedment, energy storage, and robotics. As plant overnight costs and construction times have tripled in the US since Three Mile Island, such technologies thus …
-
Investigations on physical vapor deposition chromium coatings on Zircaloy-4 cladding using magnetron sputtering for accident tolerant fuel applications
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms