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Nuclear Design and Economic Comparison of a Conventional and Bullseye Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Core
J. A. Vitti, L. D. Felten, N. G. Galluzzo, J. M. Otter, J. C. Brittingham
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 10-20
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32235
Physics Studies of a Heterogeneous Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
Michael J. Lineberry, Harold F. McFarlane, Peter J. Collins, Stuart G. Carpenter
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 21-43
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32236
Performance Characteristics of Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactors
W. P. Barthold, J. C. Beitel
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 44-60
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32237
Physics Performances of a Heterogeneous Fast Reactor Core Concept Studied in MASURCA
Y. H. Bouget, M. Cosimi, P. Hammer, G. Humbert, F. Lyon, M. Martini
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 61-75
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32238
Nuclear Performance of Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactors Designed to Preclude Energetic Hypothetical Core Disruptive Accidents
H. S. Bailey, Y. S. Lu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 76-82
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32239
Preface: Occupational Radiation Exposure at Nuclear Power Plants
E. A. Warman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Page 83
Occupational Radiation Exposure at Nuclear Power Plants | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32240
Occupational Radiation Exposure at French Power Plants: Measurement and Prediction
P. Beslu, G. Frejaville, P. Jeanson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 84-90
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32241
Quantifying Plant Availability, ALARA, and Occupational Radiation Exposure Relationships
Philip M. Garrett
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 91-96
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32242
Getting at the Source: Reducing Radiation Fields
Robert A. Shaw
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 97-103
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32243
Development of a Diagnosis System for a Boiling Water Reactor
Fumio Murata, Kanji Kato, Fumio Tomizawa, Isao Sumida
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 104-117
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32244
Analysis of the Interaction of Fuel Channels with the End Shields in CANDU Reactors
S. R. MacEwen, A. R. Causey
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 118-131
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32245
Mitigating Community Impacts of Energy Development: Some Examples for Coal and Nuclear Generating Plants in the U.S.
Elizabeth Peelle
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 132-140
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32246
Critical Experiments with Fast Test Reactor Fuel Pins in Water
S. R. Bierman, B. M. Durst, E. D. Clayton, R. I. Scherpelz, Howard T. Kerr
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 141-151
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32247
Economic Performance of Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor and Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor Radial Blankets
Nicholas Tsoulfanidis, M. Hossein Jankhah*
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 152-171
Technical Paper | Economic | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32248
Multiaxial Creep Equations for Nonlinear and Volume-Nonconservative In-Reactor Creep
M. M. Hall, Jr.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 172-176
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32249
Study of an Optimum Design for Subcritical Neutron Multipliers Using Californium-252 Neutron Sources
B. Wei-Teh Lee, S. H. Levine, W. A. Jester
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 177-187
Technical Paper | Radioisotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32250
Application of the Self-Powered Detector Concept in the Design of a Threshold Gamma-Ray Detector
F. E. LeVert
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 188-191
Technical Paper | Instrument | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32251
Plutonium Isotopic Calculations for a Modern Light Water Reactor
R. D. Mosteller*, Warren M. Andrews, Odelli Ozer, W. J. Eich
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 192-197
Technical Note | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32252
Transverse Flow in High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Graphite Elements
Karol J. Mysels
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 203-209
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32255
Experimental Study of Scram Transients in Generalized Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor Outlet Plenums
Paul A. Howard, Juan J. Carbajo
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 210-220
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32256
An Improved Water Density Feedback Model for Pressurized Water Reactors
A. L. Casadei, P. J. Turinsky
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 221-230
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32257
On the Use of a Bayesian Reasoning in Safety and Reliability Decisions—Three Examples
Stan Kaplan, B. John Garrick
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 231-245
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32258
EFLOD Code for Reflood Heat Transfer
Rodney R. Gay
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 246-257
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32259
An Automated Procedure for Selection of Optimal Refueling Policies for Light Water Reactors
Bo-In Lin, Burt Zolotar, Joel Weisman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 258-275
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32260
Factors Affecting Defective Fraction of Biso-Coated High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Fuel Particles During In-Block Carbonization
A. J. Caputo, D. R. Johnson, C. K. Bayne
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 276-283
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32261
Migratory Properties of Some Nuclear Waste Elements in Geologic Media
M. G. Seitz, P. G. Rickert, S. Fried, A. M. Friedman, M. J. Steindler
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 284-296
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32262
Control of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Storage Tanks Containing Radioactive Waste
R. S. Ondrejcin, S. P. Rideout, J. A. Donovan
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 297-306
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32263
Separative Performance Transients in a Gas Centrifuge
D. R. Olander
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 307-314
Technical Paper | Isotope Separation | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32264
D-D Neutron and X-Ray Yields from High-Power Deuterium Beam Injectors
Jinchoon Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | July 1979 | Pages 315-321
Technical Paper | Accelerator | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32265
The Effect of Liquid-Metal Protection Schemes in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors
Halil I. Avci, Gerald L. Kulcinski
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 333-345
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32270
Convective Helium Cooling of Grids in Continuously Operated Neutral Beam Injectors
M. A. Hoffman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 346-356
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32271
Accident Progression for a Loss-of-Heat-Sink with Scram in a Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
R. A. Bari, H. Ludewig, W. T. Pratt, Y. H. Sun
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 357-380
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32272
Performance Parameters for Fusion-Fission Power Systems
D. J. Bender
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 381-389
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32273
Effect of Fluid-to-Structure Heat Transfer on the Structural Damage Potential to a Liquid-Metal Fast Breeder Reactor
S. J. Hakim, P. B. Abramson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 390-400
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32274
An Evaluation of the Thermal-Hydraulic and Fuel Rod Thermal and Mechanical Deformation Behavior During the First Power Burst Facility Nuclear Blowdown Tests
Philip E. MacDonald, James M. Broughton, Jay W. Spore
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 401-410
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32275
The Physical State of Post-Loss-of-Coolant Accident Containment Atmospheres
Kazys K. Almenas, Joseph M. Marchello
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 411-428
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32276
Optimal Linear Combinations of Accounting Data for the Detection of Nonconstant Losses
Hans H. Frick
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 429-432
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32277
Fabrication of Grid-Spaced Bundle for the F-5 (X317) Irradiation Experiment
J. R. Lindgren, P. W. Flynn, L. C. Foster
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 433-444
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32278
ELESIM: A Computer Code for Predicting the Performance of Nuclear Fuel Elements
M. J. F. Notley
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 445-450
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32279
