The quality of the isotopic composition of plutonium fuel degrades as the number of recycles increases in thermal reactors. There are in addition incentives to better utilise fuel by increasing the b...
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19 July 1995
Attitudes towards plutonium management vary from country to country and from utility to utility: some regard plutonium as a liability and others as a valuable source of energy.
The purpose of this st...
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1 November 1995
NEA/NSC/DOC(1996)5
The OECD/NEA Nuclear Science Committee Task Force on Computing Radiation Dose and Modelling of Radiation-induced Degradation of Reactor Components was set up in November 1995 in response to a request...
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1 January 1996
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...
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1 November 1996
In response to increasing interest in high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) and the need for improved knowledge of materials for nuclear applications that resist high temperatures, the NEA or...
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1 January 2000
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10 December 2000
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...
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20 July 2001
NEA/NSC/DOC(2001)20
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland, 15-16 October 2001
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1 October 2001
In response to increasing interest in high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) in many countries and the need for improved materials for nuclear applications in high-temperature environments, th...
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29 May 2002
NEA/NSC/DOC(2002)11
Rossendorf (Dresden), Germany, 28-30 May 2002
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29 July 2002
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...
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23 October 2002
NEA/NSC/DOC(2002)15
6 October 2002, Seoul, Korea
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1 November 2002
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...
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31 December 2003
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...
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10 March 2003
NEA/NSC/DOC(2003)1
21-22 January 2003, Barcelona, Spain
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1 May 2003
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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...
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2 October 2003
In response to growing interest in high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) in many countries and the need for improved materials for nuclear applications in high-temperature environments, the N...
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1 June 2004
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...
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7 July 2005
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7 October 2005
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Oarai, Japan
The NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) had organised two previous information exchange meetings on the nuclear production of hydrogen. The last of these meetings was held in October 2003, where deve...
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5 October 2005
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29 April 2006
Pisa, Italy
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18 December 2020
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...
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30 June 2006
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...
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7 July 2006
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...
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22 August 2006
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...
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21 December 2006
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11 May 2007
Paris, France
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18 December 2020
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...
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21 June 2007
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...
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16 November 2007
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4 April 2008
Garching, Germany
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18 December 2020
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16 April 2009
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The NEA Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) had previously organised three information exchange meetings to discuss scientific and strategic matters pertaining to the nuclear production of hydrogen. Earl...
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14 April 2009
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1 May 2009
University Park/State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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18 December 2020
This report provides the specification for the uncertainty exercises of the international OECD/NEA, NRC and NUPEC BFBT benchmark problem including the elemental task. The specification was prepared j...
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1 January 2010
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15 April 2010
Pisa, Italy
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18 December 2020
Recently developed best-estimate computer code systems for modelling 3-D coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics transients in nuclear reactors need to be validated against results from experiments and...
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5 October 2010
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15 April 2011
Stockholm, Sweden
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18 December 2020
NEA/NSC/DOC(2012)1
Based on the success of the OECD/NRC BFBT Benchmark, Japan released data based on the NUPEC PWR Sub-channel and Bundle Tests (PSBT) Benchmark and asked Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in the Unit...
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4 January 2012
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11 May 2012
Karlsruhe, Germany
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18 December 2020
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16 May 2013
NEA/NSC/DOC(2013)10
This report defines the “OECD/NEA/NSC PBMR Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-hydraulics Transient Benchmark of the PBMR-400 Core Design”. This chapter gives more information on the day-to-day management of ...
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19 June 2013
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...
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18 November 2013
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16 May 2014
Garching, Germany
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21 December 2020
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22 May 2015
Madrid, Spain
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18 December 2020
NEA/NSC/R(2015)3
Twelfth Workshop Proceedings, Batavia, Illinois, United States, 28-30 April 2014
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2 June 2015
NEA/NSC/R(2015)4
The objective of the benchmark was twofold. First, the benchmark aimed to evaluate currently available computational approaches in an effort to understand the strengths and weaknesses of current ther...
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24 June 2015
NEA/NSC/R(2015)7
The need to refine models for best-estimate calculations based on good-quality experimental data has arisen for various nuclear applications. One of the most extensive and valuable databases availabl...
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2 October 2015
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...
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5 November 2015
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23 February 2016
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3 June 2016
Villigen, Switzerland
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18 December 2020
NEA/NSC/R(2016)3
In 2013, the Expert Group on Reactor Physics and Advanced Nuclear Systems (EGRPANS) published a report that investigated fuel depletion effects in a pressurised water reactor (PWR). This was entitled...
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14 June 2016
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12 May 2017
Erlangen, Germany
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18 December 2020
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6 December 2017
