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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Lifetime extensions"”.
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Parallel, asynchronous ray-tracing for scalable, 3D, full-core method of characteristics neutron transport on unstructured mesh
… in licensing of next-generation reactors and lifetime extensions/power up-rates for current-generation reactors. To date, there have been only a few demonstrations of such high-fidelity deterministic neutron transport calculations. However, as computational power continues to grow, such …
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The Role of Natural Gas in Future Low-carbon Energy Systems
… characteristics, brownfield capacity, and lifetime and economic retirements. We examine several pathways to a highly decarbonized grid, assuming rapid growth in energy demand through mid-century. Sensitivities include CO2 emissions limits, technology costs, nuclear plant lifetime …
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Energy-efficient Wireless Sensor Network MAC Protocol
… support. WSN designers strive to extend network lifetimes while meeting application-specific throughput and latency requirements. Effective power management places sensor nodes into one of the available energy-saving modes based upon the sleep period duration and the current state of the radio. …
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Methods for optimization of neutron detector performance in nuclear power plants
Safety of nuclear power plants (NPPs) requires shutdown systems to mitigate design-basis accidents. Shutdown is based on measurements from in-core flux detectors. Thus, this thesis proposes a methodology for managing neutron-detector aging. Detector performance improvement for prompt fraction along …