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Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume IX

The NEA has studied multiple recycling issues associated with various reactor systems fuelled with mixed-oxide (MOX) and published a series of computational physics benchmarks. This has led to improv...

English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 21 June 2007
Publications and Reports
Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume V

Studies on fast reactors have historically concentrated on their capability to use plutonium produced in thermal reactors as initial fuel, and subsequently their capacity to produce electricity while...

English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 1 November 1996
Publications and Reports
Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume VI

Although the recycling of plutonium as thermal mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) is now well-established on a commercial scale, many physics questions remain. The main quest...

English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 23 October 2002
Publications and Reports
Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume VII

The commercial recycling of plutonium as PUO2/UO2 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel is an established practice in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) in several countries, the main motivation being the consumptio...

English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 10 March 2003
Publications and Reports
Physics of Plutonium Recycling - Volume VIII

The NEA has studied multiple recycling issues associated with various reactor systems fuelled with mixed-oxide (MOX) and published a series of computational physics benchmarks. This has led to improv...

English Nuclear science Plutonium Liquid metal reactors Advanced reactors Reactor physics Recycling and reuse Reactor physics NSC Gas-cooled reactors Fuel cycle technology Fuel cycle physics and chemistry Pressurised water reactors …
Published date: 21 June 2007
Publications and Reports
Prediction of Neutron Embrittlement in the Reactor Pressure Vessel

The OECD/NEA Task Force on Computing Radiation Dose and Modelling of Radiation-Induced Degradation of Reactor Components (TFRDD) launched two international blind intercomparison exercises to examine ...

English Reactor physics Nuclear science Nuclear science Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 1 January 2000
Activity
Pressurised Water Reactor MOX/UO2 Core Transient Benchmark

PWR MOX/UO2 Core Transient Benchmark

Verification Benchmark Reactor physics
Published date: 7 December 2022
Subtopic
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
Subtopic
Reactor physics

Questions relating to the space, time end energy distribution of neutrons and radiation in different media are the domain of reactor physics.

Reactor physics Verification and validation Fast reactor Benchmark Advanced reactors Reactor physics …
Published date: 2 December 2019
Event
SATIF-15: 15th workshop on Shielding aspects of Accelerators, Targets, and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF)
20 - 23 September 2022
Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (USA)

The 15th workshop on Shielding aspects of Accelerators, Targets, and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF) is tentatively planned to be held in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, on 20-23 September 2022. The SATI...

Radiation transport and shielding Radiological protection for occupational exposure at nuclear Installations Reactor physics
Published date: 2 November 2021
News
Scientific issues and uncertainty analysis of nuclear reactor systems

NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 15-19 February 2021.

Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science EGPRS WPRS Reactor physics …
Published date: 24 February 2021
News
Scientific issues of nuclear reactor systems

NEA Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) annual meeting, 19-21 February 2020.

Reactor physics News brief Nuclear science Reactor physics
Published date: 4 March 2020
Event
Second Information Exchange Meeting on the Nuclear Production of Hydrogen
2 - 3 October 2003
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA

As growing demand for energy has prompted ever-increasing use of fossil fuels, the resulting issues of energy security and climate change have in turn led to renewed interest in the use of hydrogen a...

Nuclear science Multiphysics Reactor physics
Published date: 2 October 2003
NEA Document
Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Target and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-12)
NEA/NSC/R(2015)3

Twelfth Workshop Proceedings, Batavia, Illinois, United States, 28-30 April 2014

English Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science Radiation shielding EGPRS WPRS Nuclear science Proceedings Reactor physics …
Published date: 2 June 2015
NEA Document
English Reactor physics NSC Nuclear science Radiation shielding EGPRS WPRS Nuclear science Proceedings Reactor physics …
Published date: 8 December 2021
NEA Document
Shielding Aspects of Accelerators, Targets and Irradiation Facilities (SATIF-14)
NEA/NSC/R(2021)2

Proceedings of the Fourteenth Workshop, 30 October-2 November 2018, Gyeongju, Korea.

English Nuclear science Radiation shielding WPRS Proceedings Reactor physics Reactor physics NSC EGPRS Nuclear science …
Published date: 16 December 2021
Activity
SINBAD - Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database

The Shielding Integral Benchmark Archive and Database (SINBAD) database contains compilations for 46 reactor shielding, 31 fusion neutronics and 23 accelerator shielding experiments.

Transport Experiments Radiation Validation Databases Benchmark Radiation transport and shielding Reactor physics …
Published date: 4 August 2022
Activity
Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) Benchmark Task Force

A sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is a fast neutron reactor that uses molten sodium metal as a coolant. Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) are the most promising type of reactors to achieve Generati...

Reactor physics EGRPANS Fast reactor WPRS Reactor physics …
Published date: 4 February 2021
Activity
Subgroup on Uncertainty Analysis in Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR-UAM)

The Subgroup on Uncertainty Analysis in Modelling (UAM) for Design, Operation and Safety Analysis of Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR-UAM) was formed to check the use of best-estimate codes and data....

Sodium-cooled reactor Verification Fast reactor Benchmark Reactor physics …
Published date: 6 November 2020
Activity
Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Scientific Computing in Nuclear Engineering

The EGMUP Task Force on artificial intelligence and machine learning will design benchmark specifications to evaluate the performance of AI/ML in multi-physics modeling and simulation of reactor syst...

Multiphysics Thermal hydraulics and mechanics Reactor physics Reactor fuel performance
Published date: 1 February 2023