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Rethinking the light water reactor fuel cycle
… of countries with operating commercial power reactors imposes a number of concerns. The radioactive waste created in the once through nuclear fuel cycle has to be isolated from the environment for thousands of years. In addition, plutonium and other actinides, after the decay of fission …
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Spatial homogenization methods for light water reactor analysis
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1980.
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Maintenance cycle extension in advanced light water reactor plant design
Thesis (Nav.E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 2001.
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Safety analysis of a compact integral small light water reactor
Small modular reactors (SMRs) hold great promise in meeting a diverse market while reducing the risk of delays during nuclear construction compared to large gigawatt-sized reactors. However, due to lack of economy of scale, their capital cost needs to be reduced. Increasing the compactness or power …
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Light Water Reactor Loading Pattern Optimization with Reinforcement Learning Algorithms
… Power Plants (NPPs) in the USA, comprising Light Water Reactors (LWRs) such as Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) and Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), remained the largest single source of carbon-free energy. They provided approximately half of the nation’s carbon-free electricity and under 20% …
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Safety of light water reactor fuel with silicon carbide cladding
Structural aspects of the performance of light water reactor (LWR) fuel rod with triplex silicon carbide (SiC) cladding - an emerging option to replace the zirconium alloy cladding - are assessed. Its behavior under accident conditions is examined with an integrated approach of experiments, …
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Performance of light water reactor fuel rods during plant power changes
Thesis (Nucl.E.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1981.
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Modeling of crack and crevice chemistry in light water reactor environments
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1990.
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Conceptual design of a large, passive, pressure-tube light water reactor
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1994.
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Performance analysis of matrix fuel for a passive pressure tube light water reactor
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1995.
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Development of a Multi-Objective Optimization Capability for Heterogeneous Light Water Reactor Fuel Assemblies
As pressure grows on developed nations to move away from fossil fuel-based energy sources, so does the potential for nuclear energy to make its resurgence. However, the complex nature of the design process in nuclear engineering and a regulatory culture of ever-increasing safety standards create …
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Development of a two-fluid, two-phase model for light water reactor subchannel analysis
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1980.
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The Design of a Loop for the Study of the Corrosion of Light Water Reactor Materials
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Stress corrosion cracking and crack tip characterization of Alloy X-750 in light water reactor environments
… HTH condition has been evaluated in high purity water at 93 and 288°C under Boiling Water Reactor Normal Water Chemistry (NWC) and Hydrogen Water Chemistry (HWC) conditions. SCC crack growth rates of approximately 1.1 x 10-7 mm/s (K=28 MPa[square root symbol]m) under NWC conditions and 1.4xI 0-8 …
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Development of an Integrated Top Spray and Bottom Reflooding Computer Model for Light Water Reactor Safety Analysis
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Simulating light-water-reactor start-up transients using a point-kinetics model with a precalculated reactivity-table
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1991.
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Study of chemistry and irradiation effects on nanofluids to be used in light water reactor accident cooling
… The applicability of this aspect to nuclear reactor post-accident cooling is promising. This study investigates various parameters that should be considered for such applications. Dilute alumina nanofluids were tested in terms of radiation durability, chemical stability, and CHF enhancement …
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Assessing thermo-mechanical performance of ThO₂ and SiC clad light water reactor fuel rods with a modular simulation tool
… the ThO2-based resource-renewable boiling water reactor (RBWR) and silicon carbide (SiC) cladding in pressurized water reactors (PWRs). Since these designs employ non-traditional fuel rod materials and/or operating conditions, the fuel behavior and limits lie outside of current experience …
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Waste characteristics of spent nuclear fuel from a pebble bed reactor
… aspects between a high-temperature, gas cooled, reactor with a pebble bed core (PBR) and a pressurized water reactor (PWR). There are three significant differences which impact the disposal characteristics of PBR spent pebble fuel from PWR spent fuel assemblies. Pebble bed fuel has bum-up as high …
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Wettability of candidate Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) cladding materials in LWR conditions
… of these materials, particularly under light water reactor (LWR) operating conditions. The surface wettability is particularly important, as it affects the dynamics of the boiling heat transfer process, and consequently, the critical heat flux (CHF) and rewetting temperatures, which are …
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