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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"SMRs"”.
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Study on heat transfer to supercritical water in application to SMRs
… of several economic factors unique to SMRs helped reduce the SSR’s LUEC and increase its economic value. Overall, the SSR would be a technologically viable SMR concept with potential long-term industry adoption.
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Comparative review of the benefits and flexibility of small modular reactor designs
… in the development of small modular reactors (SMRs) evident by the number of global initiatives focused on SMR development. This desktop study was performed to review the viability of SMRs based on their benefits and flexibility, focusing predominantly on the light water NuScale and the gas …
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Small modular reactor technology for industrial heat and power: selection techniques and implementation strategies for real-world use cases using systems-based approaches.
… zero 2050 climate goals. The technology behind SMRs is known and proven in many cases but has yet to be deployed commercially. SMR technological innovation is advancing in several countries around the world, from Gen-III+ light water SMRs, to Gen-IV SMRs and micro-reactors. All at various stages …
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Single-cell mass measurements for drug susceptibility testing in cancer
… a hollow resonating micro-cantilever beam. While SMRs offer extreme precision for measuring mass, their applications have been limited by low measurement throughput. In the first part of this thesis, I describe several technical advancements aimed at increasing the throughput of SMRs. First, we …
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Modular Manufacture and Construction of Small Nuclear Power Generation Systems
… difficult to finance. Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are nuclear reactors smaller than 300 MWe and claim to leverage manufacturing principles and modular build to resolve these issues and help improve the competitiveness of nuclear power. This project investigates modular build in a nuclear …
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In-liquid bulk acoustic wave resonators for biosensing applications
… $\sim$25$^{\circ}$. Solidly mounted resonators (SMRs) operating in a shear mode at $\sim$1.1 GHz with the Al electrodes have resonant quality factors (Q$_{r}$) higher than 150 and effective electromechanical coupling coefficients, k$^{2}$$_{eff}$, of 2.9-3.4%, which are improved from only 2.2% …
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Enabling high-throughput single-cell growth measurements with parallel microchannel resonators
… an array of suspended microchannel resonators (SMRs), which are microcantilevers with an interior fluidic channel through which cells flow. Cells traversing the interior fluidic channel transiently change the mass of the microcantilever, changing its resonant frequency, which we measure. …
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Statistical Challenges in the Modelling and Analysis of Critical Care Mortality Data
… Four inter-related methods of calculating SMRs are considered using a general multilevel model that contains patient- and provider-level attributes. Two options for the numerator of the SMR are either the observed mortalities or a smoothed version of the observed mortalities that allows for …
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An investigation of some aspects of the transition from ectothermic to endothermic metabolism in vertebrates
The standard metabolic rates (SMRs) of 19 lizard and a single crocodilian species were measured at 30 "C, and 14 lizards at 37 "C. The basal metabolic rates (BMRs) of 8 mammal ian species were also determined using similar techniques. Although the inter-specific exponent relating BMR to body mass …
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Excess mortality in the Glasgow conurbation: exploring the existence of a Glasgow effect
… created; such models allow the calculation of SMRs with adjustment for continuous variables. Covariates used in these models included city of residence, age group, sex, Carstairs z-score and also the z-scores for each of the four variables from which the Carstairs score is comprised (lack of …
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Dynamic fuzzy reliability and safety assessment of passive safety systems in small modular reactors
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) have garnered significant interest in recent years, and they may play an essential role in the future of energy supply and power generation. One major advantage associated with SMRs is their improved safety, which is expected to be accomplished by integrating a wide …
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The relationship between the hardness of potable water and cardiovascular and ischaemic heart disease mortality in South African urban areas
… correlation of standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for CVD and IHD with total water hardness and with a number of contributory and associated water quality factors. The study supported the hypothesised "water story", showing the existence of negative correlations between standardized mortality …
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Fiber-Wireless Sensor Networks for Monitoring Distributed Generation in a Smart Grid Environment
… fuel cells and small modular reactors (SMRs). In this thesis, we focus on SMRs as a DG. SMRs are good alternatives for energy generation due to their passive safety feature and attractive energy output profile. SMR power generation units may be located in areas where the communication i …
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The Effect of Supply Chain Configuration on Small Modular Reactor Economics
… opportunity presented by small modular reactors (SMRs) to bring down the cost of nuclear power. The economies of scale that have traditionally driven nuclear vendors to design larger reactors can be overcome for small reactors by the combination of standardisation of design, modularisation of the …
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Electronic readout of microchannel resonators for precision mass sensing in solution by Rumi Chunara.
… setting. Suspended microchannel resonators (SMRs) are sensitive microfluidic platforms used to precisely measure the buoyant mass of single cells and monolayers of protein in fluid environments. Conventionally, micro cantilever deflection is measured by the optical-lever technique, wherein a …
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Isolation and characterization of the SIAMESE family: a novel class of cell cycle regulators in plants
… nucleus. Overexpression of SIM, as well as the SMRs, in Arabidopsis results in slow-growing, severely dwarfed plants with greatly enlarged epidermal cells. Nuclei of the enlarged cells have drastically increased DNA contents resulting from additional endocycles in the absence of mitosis. Both …
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Medical Underservice and Cancer Mortality Among Farmers in Illinois
… comparing standardized cancer mortality ratios (SMRs) among rural populations in a metropolitan county in Illinois with health care readily available within its boundaries to rural populations in two nonmetropolitan, medically underserved counties in the state. Four rural populations formed the …
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Label-free buoyant mass assays with suspended microchannel resonators
… applications. Suspended microchannel resonators (SMRs) are highly sensitive, batch-fabricated microcantilevers with embedded microchannels that can measure mass with femtogram precision. Biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids are denser than water, and their presence can thus be …
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A dynamic knowledge graph approach for studying the decarbonisation of power systems
… explored clean energy transition in the UK using SMRs, assessing the impact of a CO2 tax on promoting SMR adoption over fossil fuels. Multiple scenarios were analysed, examining different SMR placement policies and renewable power availability assumptions. The study found that deploying SMRs at a …
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Used nuclear fuel storage options including implications of small modular reactors
… the single-batch nuclear fuel cycle approach of SMRs will require higher enrichment, more uranium ore and enrichment services will be needed. Also, given the lower burnup of the discharged fuel, larger amount of stored fuel will materialize. Given that the SMRs are likely to be built on new …
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