Essays about: "serpent"

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  1. 1. Assessment of How Design and Operational Parameters Affect Plutonium Production for Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors : A Study of the Ågesta, NRX and CANDU Reactors

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för materialvetenskap

    Author : Isak Hedberg; Stina Fredriksson; Axel Hallander; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Nuclear weapons are an ever-present danger which threatens our very existence, which is whymany call for total nuclear disarmament. To do this, we need to know how many nuclear bombsthere are in the world. READ MORE

  3. 2. Feasibility of HALEU-loaded Breed-and-Burn Molten Salt Fast Reactor without Online Actinide Treatment

    University essay from KTH/Fysik

    Author : Lei Shi; [2023]
    Keywords : Molten salt; Chloride fuel; Fast reactor; Breed-and-Burn; Smält salt; kloridbränsle; snabbreaktor; avel och bränning;

    Abstract : Molten Salt Fast Reactors (MSFRs) have prominent advantages such as fuel breeding, nuclear waste transmutation, and inherent safety. They are the only liquid-fueled nuclear reactors currently receiving significant attention as fourth-generation advanced nuclear systems. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nuclide content and decay heat in ARIANE sample BM1 calculated using Serpent 2 : Impact from choice of nuclear data library

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad kärnfysik

    Author : Staffan Fors; [2022]
    Keywords : Tvärsnittsbibliotek kärnbränsle använt kärnbränsle reaktorfysik simulering slutförvar;

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  5. 4. Modeling The Temperature of a Calorimeter at Clab : Considering a Thermodynamic Model of The Temperature Evolution of The Calorimeter System 251

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad kärnfysik

    Author : Johannes Ekman; [2021]
    Keywords : calorimetry; calorimeter; System 251; temperature evolution; spent nuclear fuel; SNF; MATLAB; SERPENT2; Clab; nuclear decay heat; calibration measurements; thermodynamic model; gamma escape fraction; mass correction; calibration measurements; electric heater; three component system; system of ordinary differential equations; eigenvalues; eigenvalue estimation; temperature increase method; polynomial approximation of mass correction; sensitivity of mass correction; calorimeter heat capacity; mass correction uncertainty; calorimeter calibration curve; monoenergetic gamma spectrum; curve fitting of temperature as function of time;

    Abstract : It is important to know the heat generated due to nuclear decay in the final repository for spent nuclear fuel. In Sweden, the heating powers generated in spent nuclear fuels are currently measured in the calorimeter System 251 at the Clab facility, Oskarshamn. READ MORE

  6. 5. Monte-Carlo simulations of an AmBe neutron source

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad kärnfysik

    Author : Josefine Sjöberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Serpent; neutron; gamma; radiation dose; AmBe source; polyethylene;

    Abstract : The Department of Physics and Astronomy in Uppsala is planning to construct a source-based neutron irradiation facility at Ångströms laboratory. The purpose of this facility will, as of now, mainly be for students and employees to conduct scientific experiments and to calibrate the university's neutron scintillator detectors. READ MORE