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Handbook on Lead-bismuth Eutectic Alloy and Lead Properties, Materials Compatibility, Thermal-hydraulics and Technologies – 2007 Edition

As part of the development of advanced nuclear systems, including accelerator-driven systems (ADS) proposed for high-level radioactive waste transmutation and generation IV reactors, heavy liquid met...

English Nuclear fuel WPFC EGLM Fuel studies NSC Nuclear science Nuclear science Partitioning and transmutation Fuel cycle physics and chemistry …
Published date: 31 May 2007
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Benchmarking the Accuracy of Solution of 3-Dimensional Transport Codes and Methods over a Range in Parameter Space
NEA/NSC/DOC(2007)1/1

Particle transport calculations in three-dimensional configurations are becoming prevalent in nuclear applications. This places a premium on determining the accuracy of numerical solutions to practic...

English Multi-physics simulations NSC Nuclear science Nuclear science Benchmark Multiphysics …
Published date: 23 February 2007
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English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 29 December 2006
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English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 29 December 2006
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International Evaluation Co-operation, Volume 7

Subgroup 7 of the NEA Working Party on International Nuclear Data Co-operation (WPEC) was established to re-evaluate the nuclear data standards cross-section. These cross-section data are the basis f...

English WPEC NSC Nuclear science Nuclear data Nuclear science …
Published date: 29 November 2006
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Source Convergence in Criticality Safety Analyses - Phase I: Results for Four Test Problems

The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Criticality Safety (WPNCS) established an Expert Group on Source Convergence in Criticality Safety Analysis (EGSCCSA) to explore the problems of slow convergence and ...

English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 11 September 2006
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Very High Burn-ups in Light Water Reactors

Average fuel burn-up in light water reactors (LWRs) has steadily increased with time as technological advances have been made. The practical limit is currently in the region of 50 GWd/t. The main dri...

English Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Fuel studies Nuclear science Light water reactors Nuclear science Reactor physics …
Published date: 22 August 2006
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Nuclear Production of Hydrogen

Hydrogen has the potential to play an important role as a sustainable and environmentally acceptable energy carrier in the 21st century. Since natural sources of pure hydrogen are extremely limited, ...

English Nuclear science Hydrogen Nuclear science
Published date: 13 July 2006
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NUPEC BWR Full-size Fine-mesh Bundle Test (BFBT) Benchmark

Refined models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data can improve the understanding of phenomena and the quantification of margins for operating nuclear power reactors...

English Reactor physics Nuclear science Multiphysics Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 7 July 2006
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English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 7 July 2006
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French Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 19 May 2006
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English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 18 April 2006
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VENUS-2 MOX-fuelled Reactor Dosimetry Calculations

It is essential to calculate the structural integrity of reactor components with a high degree of accuracy in order to make correct decisions regarding plant lifetime at the design stage, safety marg...

English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 11 April 2006
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English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 7 February 2006
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VVER-1000 MOX Core Computational Benchmark

The United States and the Russian Federation have each agreed to dispose of 34 tonnes of weapons-grade plutonium that are beyond their defence needs. One effective way to dispose of this plutonium is...

English Modelling and simulation Reactor physics Nuclear science Nuclear science Benchmark Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 20 January 2006
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Benchmark on Deterministic Transport Calculations Without Spatial Homogenisation

An important issue regarding deterministic transport methods for whole core calculations is that homogenised techniques can introduce errors into results. In addition, with modern computational abili...

English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 16 September 2005
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English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 29 July 2005
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English Nuclear science Nuclear science
Published date: 7 July 2005
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Boiling Water Reactor Turbine Trip (TT) Benchmark - Volume II

In the field of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics computation there is a need to enhance scientific knowledge in order to develop advanced modelling techniques for new nuclear technologies and co...

English Reactor physics Boiling water reactors Nuclear science Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics Multiphysics …
Published date: 7 July 2005
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Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities - SATIF 7

Particle accelerators are used today for an increasing range of scientific and technological applications. They are very powerful tools to investigate the origin and structure of matter, and to impro...

English Nuclear science EGPRS Nuclear science Proceedings …
Published date: 13 May 2005