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Flammability Limits of Hydrogen-Air Mixtures
H. Cheikhravat, N. Chaumeix, A. Bentaib, C.-E. Paillard
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 5-16
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Hydrogen Safety and Recombiners | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13543
Numerical Study of Hydrogen Ignition by Passive Autocatalytic Recombiners
N. Meynet, A. Bentaib
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 17-28
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Hydrogen Safety and Recombiners | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13544
Catalyst for Recombination of Hydrogen and Oxygen in Confined Spaces Under High Concentrations of Hydrogen
V. Shepelin, D. Koshmanov, E. Chepelin
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 29-38
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Hydrogen Safety and Recombiners | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13545
Improved Model for Hydrogen Generation Rate of Radioactive Waste at the Hanford Site
T. Albert Hu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 39-54
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Hydrogen Safety and Recombiners | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13546
Review of the Potential of Nuclear Hydrogen for Addressing Energy Security and Climate Change
James E. O'Brien
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 55-65
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Nuclear Hydrogen Production | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13547
Nuclear-Renewables Energy System for Hydrogen and Electricity Production
Geoffrey Haratyk, Charles W. Forsberg
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 66-82
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Nuclear Hydrogen Production | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13548
Integrated Operation of the INL HYTEST System and High-Temperature Steam Electrolysis for Synthetic Natural Gas Production
Carl Stoots, Lee Shunn, James O'Brien
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 83-93
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Nuclear Hydrogen Production | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13549
Summary of the Sulfur-Iodine Process Integrated Laboratory-Scale Experiment
Benjamin Russ, Robert Buckingham, Lloyd Brown, Robert Moore, Max Helie, Philippe Carle, Nicolas Pons, Denis Ode, Jean Duhamet, Jean Leybros
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 94-110
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Nuclear Hydrogen Production | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13550
Sulfuric Acid Decomposition for the Sulfur-Based Thermochemical Cycles
Robert C. Moore, Milton E. Vernon, Edward J. Parma, Paul S. Pickard, Gary E. Rochau
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 111-118
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Nuclear Hydrogen Production | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13551
Influence of HTR Core Inlet and Outlet Temperatures on Hydrogen Generation Efficiency Using the Sulfur-Iodine Water-Splitting Cycle
Robert Buckingham, Lloyd Brown, Ben Russ, Patrick Lovera, Philippe Carles, Jean-Marc Borgard, Pascal Yvon
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 1 | April 2012 | Pages 119-124
Technical Paper | Safety and Technology of Nuclear Hydrogen Production, Control, and Management / Nuclear Hydrogen Production | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13552
Pioneering Role of IRIS in the Resurgence of Small Modular Reactors
Bojan Petrovic, Marco Ricotti, Stefano Monti, Nikola Cavlina, Hisashi Ninokata
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 126-152
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13555
NuScale Plant Safety in Response to Extreme Events
José N. Reyes, Jr.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 153-163
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13556
The B&W mPower™ Scalable, Practical Nuclear Reactor Design
Jeff A. Halfinger, Michael D. Haggerty
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 164-169
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT11-65
Steam Cycle Modular Helium Reactor
Arkal Shenoy, John Saurwein, Malcolm Labar, Hankwon Choi, John Cosmopoulos
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 170-185
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13558
PRISM: A Competitive Small Modular Sodium-Cooled Reactor
Brian S. Triplett, Eric P. Loewen, Brett J. Dooies
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 186-200
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT178-186
Design of the 4S Reactor
Yasushi Tsuboi, Kazuo Arie, Nobuyuki Ueda, Tony Grenci, A. M. Yacout
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 201-217
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT10-74
Financial Case Studies on Small- and Medium-Size Modular Reactors
Sara Boarin, Giorgio Locatelli, Mauro Mancini, Marco E. Ricotti
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 218-232
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13561
A Perspective on Small Reactor Licensing and Implementation
Nicholas G. Trikouros
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 2 | May 2012 | Pages 233-239
Technical Paper | Small Modular Reactors / Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13562
Generation of Graphite Particles by Rotational/Spinning Abrasion and Their Characterization
Raymond S. Troy, Robert V. Tompson, Tushar K. Ghosh, Sudarshan K. Loyalka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 241-257
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT11-48
Improvement of Molten Core Cooling Strategy in a Severe Accident Management Guideline
Jinho Song, Changwook Huh, Namduk Suh
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 258-266
Technical Paper | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13592
Thermomechanical Analysis and Irradiation Test of Sintered Dual-Cooled Annular Fuel
Yong-Sik Yang, Yang-Hyun Koo, Dae-Ho Kim, Je-Geon Bang, Young-Woo Rhee, Dong-Joo Kim, Keon-Sik Kim, Kun-Woo Song
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 267-279
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13593
Verification and Validation of Evaluation Procedures for Local Wall Thinning Due to Flow-Accelerated Corrosion and Liquid Droplet Impingement
Shunsuke Uchida, Masanori Naitoh, Hidetoshi Okada, Taku Ohira, Seiichi Koshizuka, Derek H. Lister
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 280-297
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13594
Natural Circulation and Linear Stability Analysis for Liquid-Metal Reactors with the Effect of Fluid Axial Conduction
Piyush Sabharwall, Yeon Jong Yoo, Qiao Wu, James J. Sienicki
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 298-317
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13595
In Situ Surveillance of Capacitive Pressure Transmitter Dynamic Poles
M. Balbás, C. Montalvo, A. García-Berrocal, J. Blázquez
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 318-323
Technical Paper | Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13596
Design and Simulation of a Gamma-Ray Camera for PET with a Continuous Scintillation Crystal
Behzad Boghrati, Ali Moussavi Zarandi, Mitra Ghergherehchi, Jong Seo Chai
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 324-334
Technical Paper | Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13597
Molten Salt Mixture Properties (KF-ZrF4 and KCl-MgCl2) for Use in RELAP5-3D for High-Temperature Reactor Application
N. A. Anderson, P. Sabharwall
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 335-340
Technical Note | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13598
Improving the Integral Fast Reactor's Proposed Salt Waste Management System
Darryl D. Siemer
Nuclear Technology | Volume 178 | Number 3 | June 2012 | Pages 341-352
Technical Note | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A13599