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Analysis of Reactivity Insertion Accidents for the NIST Research Reactor Before and After Fuel Conversion
J. S. Baek, A. Cuadra, L.-Y. Cheng, A. L. Hanson, N. R. Brown, D. J. Diamond
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 1 | January 2014 | Pages 1-20
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-26
An Assessment of Corewide Coherency Effects in the Multichannel Modeling of the Initiating Phase of a Severe Accident in a Sodium Fast Reactor
M. Guyot, P. Gubernatis, C. Suteau, R. Le Tellier, J. Lecerf
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 1 | January 2014 | Pages 21-38
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-123
Depletion Reactivity Benchmarks—I: Experimental Benchmarks for Quantifying PWR Fuel Reactivity Depletion Uncertainty
K. S. Smith, T. Bahadir, R. Ferrer, D. B. Lancaster, A. J. Machiels
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 1 | January 2014 | Pages 39-56
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-31
Depletion Reactivity Benchmarks—II: Utilization in PWR Spent-Fuel Pool Criticality Analysis
D. B. Lancaster, K. S. Smith, A. J. Machiels
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 1 | January 2014 | Pages 57-70
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-28
Application of Augmented Reality to Nuclear Reactor Core Simulation for Fundamental Nuclear Engineering Education
Kosuke Tsujita, Tomohiro Endo, Akio Yamamoto
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 1 | January 2014 | Pages 71-84
Technical Paper | Nuclear Plant Operations and Control | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-7
Installation of a New Neutron Beam Facility at the U.S. Geological Survey TRIGA Reactor
Aaron E. Craft, Jeffrey C. King
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 1 | January 2014 | Pages 85-99
Technical Paper | Radiation Measurements and General Instrumentation | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-4
Molten Salt Breeder Reactor Waste Management
Darryl D. Siemer
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 1 | January 2014 | Pages 100-108
Technical Note | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-164
Coupling of a Lumped Parameter and a Finite Difference Model for Estimation of a Reactivity-Induced Transient in a PWR with Annular Fuel Rods
J. P. Duarte, J. J. Rivero, P. F. Frutuoso E Melo, A. C. M. Alvim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 2 | February 2014 | Pages 109-126
Technical Paper | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-149
On the Use of Reduced-Moderation LWRs for Transuranic Isotope Burning in Thorium Fuel—I: Assembly Analysis
Benjamin A. Lindley, N. Zara Zainuddin, Paolo Ferroni, Andrew Hall, Fausto Franceschini, Geoffrey T. Parks
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 2 | February 2014 | Pages 127-146
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-53
On the Use of Reduced-Moderation LWRs for Transuranic Isotope Burning in Thorium Fuel—II: Core Analysis
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 2 | February 2014 | Pages 147-173
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-54
Uncertainty Analysis on Reactivity and Discharged Inventory due to 235,238U, 239,240,241Pu, and Fission Products: Application to a Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel Assembly
D. F. Da Cruz, D. Rochman, A. J. Koning
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 2 | February 2014 | Pages 174-191
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle And Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-154
Evaluating the Collective Radiation Dose to Workers from the U.S. Once-Through Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Steven L. Krahn, Allen G. Croff, Bethany L. Smith, James H. Clarke, Andrew G. Sowder, Albert J. Machiels
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 2 | February 2014 | Pages 192-207
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-64
A Heat Transfer Approach to the Calculation of Residual Power of Used Nuclear Fuel
Peter Schreiber, Pavol Tanuska, Robert Vrabel, Pavel Vazan
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 2 | February 2014 | Pages 208-215
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-138
Microfluidic-Based Robotic Sampling System for Radioactive Solutions
Jack D. Law, Julia L. Tripp, Tara E. Smith, John M. Svoboda, Veronica J. Rutledge, Troy G. Garn, Larry Macaluso
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 2 | February 2014 | Pages 216-225
Technical Paper | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-36
Transient Analysis of Depressurized Loss-of-Forced-Circulation Accident Without Scram in High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor
Hiroyuki Sato, Xing L. Yan, Yukio Tachibana, Kazuhiko Kunitomi, Yukitaka Kato
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 227-238
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-97
Decoupling Control of Canadian Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors
Peiwei Sun, Jin Jiang, Kai Wang
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 239-258
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-130
A Dual System for Monitoring the Positions of Multiple Radioactive Tracer Pebbles in Scaled Pebble Bed Reactors
Zhijian Wang, Kyoung O. Lee, Robin P. Gardner
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 259-269
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-13
Design Studies of a Low Sodium Void Reactivity Core Able to Accommodate Degraded TRU Fuel
Katsuyuki Kawashima, Kazuteru Sugino, Shigeo Ohki, Tsutomu Okubo
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 270-280
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-38
Meeting the Needs of a Nuclear-Renewables Electrical Grid with a Fluoride-Salt–Cooled High-Temperature Reactor Coupled to a Nuclear Air-Brayton Combined-Cycle Power System
Charles Forsberg, Daniel Curtis
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 281-295
Technical Paper | Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-58
An Artificial Viscosity for the III-Posed One-Dimensional Incompressible Two-Fluid Model
William D. Fullmer, Sang Yong Lee, Martin A. Lopez De Bertodano
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 296-308
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-66
Size Effect on Nuclear Gamma-Ray Energy Spectra Acquired By Different-Sized CeBr3, LaBr3:Ce, and NaI:Tl Gamma-Ray Detectors
Paul Guss, Michael Reed, Ding Yuan, Denis Beller, Matthew Cutler, Christopher Contreras, Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Scott Wilde
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 309-321
Technical Paper | Radiation Transport and Protection | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-2
Comparison of Radionuclide Releases from a Conceptual Geological Repository for RBMK-1500 and BWR Spent Nuclear Fuel
Povilas Poskas, Asta Narkuniene, Dalia Grigaliuniene, Stefan Finsterle
Nuclear Technology | Volume 185 | Number 3 | March 2014 | Pages 322-335
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-52
