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Showing 1 to 20 of 109 for “"Nuclear industry"”.
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Global nuclear power supply chains and the rise of China's nuclear industry
China has embarked on a massive expansion of nuclear power that may fundamentally change the global nuclear industry, for better or for worse. Some industry observers argue that the incumbent nuclear power companies are already losing their position of leadership to emergent Chinese actors. Others …
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A study of the effectiveness of Total Quality Management in the nuclear industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1993.
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Incremental learning algorithm for anomaly detection applied to computed tomography scans in nuclear industry
During routine nuclear power plant (NPP) inspection, each maintenance tool is inspected manually before and after use on a nuclear reactor. This could result in long inspection duration (up to months), time, and resource wastage. To address this, an automated tool inspection process using a …
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The Scaling of Power in West Cumbria and the Role of the Nuclear Industry
… and globalisation. The relationship between the nuclear industry, in particular the Sellafield site, and the West Cumbrian region where it is located is the specific focus for the data collection and analysis. West Cumbria is an isolated region in the very north-west corner of England. West …
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Managing high-risk, technology-intensive companies in heavily regulated environments : two case studies in the nuclear industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1993.
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“Acid-spike” effect in spurs/tracks of the low/high linear energy transfer radiolysis of water : potential implications for radiobiology and nuclear industry
… As many in-core processes in a water-cooled nuclear reactor critically depend on pH, the question here is whether these variations in acidity, even highly localized and transitory, contribute to material corrosion and damage.
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Return on investment in nuclear security: regulations and physical security
Nuclear security is a crucial part of the nuclear industry, and therefore it is important to observe, research and improve its return on investment (ROI). Investments are made not only in the physical security itself, but also in the regulatory framework, and they should be studied holistically …
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Determining the optimal nuclear safety regulatory approach for South Africa's expanding nuclear power industry
… Africa is poised to expand significantly its nuclear power generation industry. Considering that the current South African nuclear safety regulatory approach is applied to regulate the operation and maintenance of one mature nuclear power plant, it is expected that significant adaptation of …
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Assessing the applicability of the ASME V&V20 standard for uncertainty quantification of CFD in nuclear systems fluid modeling
Advanced modelIng and sImulatIon (M&S) of nuclear systems could offer a key contrIbutIon In enhancIng the competItIveness and safety performance of nuclear power plants. Large multI-organIzatIonal InItIatIves such as the ConsortIum for Advanced SImulatIon of LIght Water Reactors (CASL) and the …
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The impact of INPO on plant performance and operations
… a voluntary regulatory body, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), has on the nuclear industry. Understanding this information exchange sector is a step towards understanding the dynamics of reform in a high risk industry. This was done through creating a model of the information …
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The emergence of sustainable decommissioning of buildings on nuclear licensed sites in the UK
… practice for buildings situated on nuclear sites within the United Kingdom. It reports on developments within the Civil Nuclear Sector that have enabled sustainable practices to become embedded in current business functions. The history of civil nuclear sites is traced from the …
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Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Response to Neutron and Gamma Irradiation
… interest for using such nanomaterials in the nuclear industry and within radiation detection devices. To explore the application of SWNTs in the nuclear industry, it was first deemed necessary to study how SWNTs respond to the two main types of radiation occurring in nuclear environments, …
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First principles simulation of cement for nuclear waste disposal
… arise from the decommissioning of the UK civil nuclear program is a significant challenge facing both industry and researchers. The current plan for nuclear industry is to dispose of wastes within a deep underground facility and to use cement to immobilise many of these waste forms. However, …
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Nuclear Energy and the Low Carbon Transition
This PhD thesis examines the role of nuclear energy in the transition to a low carbon economy in the United Kingdom. Theories of sustainable development, including ecological modernisation, are used to frame its findings and emerging geographies of nuclear new build are explored. Analysis of policy …
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The A+B+C+ Method : a technique for achieving optimum balance of three critical barriers to human error
After thirty years of commercial nuclear plant operation, the nuclear industry has achieved dramatic improvements in the safe and reliable operation of its electrical generating stations. Recent indications, however, are that the rate of improvement may be slowing, particularly in the area of human …
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The Philosopher's Plutonium Stone: the Dounreay Fast reactor and the fall of Britain's Atomic Empire
… became central to the survival of an indigenous nuclear engineering design and construction industry in the UK. Its focus is on the original reactor – DFR – which was given the go-ahead in 1953 and shut down in 1977, based on the premise of a device which could generate electricity whilst …
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Multiphase CFD benchmark of experimental critical heat flux data at PWR operating conditions
… performance of PWR fuel. Currently, the nuclear industry relies on expensive, prototypical experiments using electrically heated, full-height rod assemblies to determine the limit of the boiling crisis. The development of next-generation Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics (M-CFD) …
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Development and assessment of a physics-based model for subcooled flow boiling with application to CFD
… of CFD in the design process. For the nuclear industry, this means having to rely on expensive experimental campaigns to develop and license new reactor designs. A second-generation mechanistic heat flux partitioning framework developed in our group provides an enhanced physical …
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Near-wall modeling of bubbly flows
… (M-CFD) codes are gaining acceptance in the nuclear industry for the prediction of thermal-hydraulic behavior, offering the potential to improve the operation, economics, and safety of current systems, and enhance the design of next generation reactors. The common approach when applying M-CFD …
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Susceptibility of a digital turbine control system to IEEE 802.11 compliant emissions.
Within the nuclear industry, there have been numerous instances of radio transmissions interfering with sensitive plant equipment. Instances documented vary from minor instrument fluctuations to major plant transients including reactor trips. With the nuclear power industry moving toward digital …
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