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    Uranium processing

    Uranium is the raw material used for nuclear energy generation. It is mined and further processed to make up the highly engineered fuel that is used in nuclear reactors.

    Fuel studies Nuclear technology Uranium processing
    Published date: 28 November 2019
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    Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS)

    The Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) studies the reactor physics, fuel performance, and radiation transport and shielding in present and future nuclear power systems.

    Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Multi-physics simulations Fuel studies Light water reactors Thermal hydraulics WPRS Pressurised heavy water reactors Reactor physics Multiphysics …
    Published date: 29 January 2021
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    International Fuel Performance Experiments (IFPE) database

    International Fuel Performance Experiments (IFPE) is the public domain database on nuclear fuel performance experiments for the purpose of code development and validation.

    Fuel studies Nuclear science Experiments EGRPF Databases Ancillary data Reactor physics …
    Published date: 19 August 2020
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    Reactor fuel performance

    Understanding fuel performance is a key condition for successful reactor operation. Scientific knowledge in this domain was conceived by experimental tests encoded into software routines to ensure ac...

    Reactor physics Fuel studies Nuclear science Reactor physics
    Published date: 10 December 2020
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    DATabase for IFpe (DATIF)

    DATIF, the DATabase for IFpe, was first developed in 2018 in order to enhance accessibility to the IFPE legacy collection of integral fuel performance experiments data, jointly put together by the NE...

    Nuclear fuel Physics Fuel studies NSC EGRFP Databases Ancillary data Reactor physics Integral experiments …
    Published date: 23 July 2020
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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 Reactor physics …
    Published date: 22 August 2006
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    Minor Actinide Burning in Thermal Reactors

    This publication provides an introduction to minor actinide nuclear properties and discusses some of the arguments in favour of minor actinide recycling, as well as the potential role of thermal reac...

    English Fuel studies Nuclear science Reactor physics Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Minor actinides …
    Published date: 18 November 2013
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    Benchmark for Neutronic Analysis of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor Cores with Various Fuel Types and Core Sizes
    NEA/NSC/R(2015)9

    Sodium fast reactors offer the most promising type of reactors to achieve such Generation IV goals at a reasonable time scale given the experience accumulated over the years. However, it is recognise...

    English Nuclear fuel Reactor physics Fuel studies Sodium-cooled reactor NSC Generation IV reactors Benchmark Reactor physics …
    Published date: 5 November 2015
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    A Code to Code Benchmark for High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Fuel Element Depletion
    NEA/NSC/R(2019)1

    The high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is a Generation IV reactor concept that uses a graphitemoderated gas-cooled nuclear reactor with a once-through uranium fuel cycle. This design permits ...

    English Nuclear fuel Fuel studies Generation IV reactors Reactor physics Multiphysics Reactor physics Cogeneration NSC Gas-cooled reactors Benchmark …
    Published date: 18 January 2019
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    Expert Group on Reactor-based Plutonium Disposition (TFRPD)

    The Expert Group on Reactor-based Plutonium Disposition (TFRPD) dealt with the status and trends of reactor physics, fuel performance and fuel cycle issues related to the disposition of weapons-grade...

    Reactor physics Fuel studies Nuclear science Plutonium Reactor physics …
    Published date: 16 December 2020
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