Pub Date : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2315905
P. Maka, E. Van Heerden, M. Rezaee
Evaluating atmospheric dispersion and radiological doses in the vicinity of buildings is required for small modular reactors (SMRs) because of the reduced size of their exclusion area boundary. The...
{"title":"ORCA: A Tool for Radiological Consequences for Accidental Releases","authors":"P. Maka, E. Van Heerden, M. Rezaee","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2315905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2315905","url":null,"abstract":"Evaluating atmospheric dispersion and radiological doses in the vicinity of buildings is required for small modular reactors (SMRs) because of the reduced size of their exclusion area boundary. The...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140036112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2316955
Hao Luo, Kaiwen Li, Nan An, Shanfang Huang, Kan Wang
Accurate estimation of energy deposition is important in core physics and severe accident analyses for design optimizations. In this study, a new energy deposition treatment is implemented in the R...
精确估算能量沉积对于核心物理和严重事故分析中的设计优化非常重要。在这项研究中,R...
{"title":"New RMC Energy Deposition Treatment and its Application in Multi-Physics Simulation","authors":"Hao Luo, Kaiwen Li, Nan An, Shanfang Huang, Kan Wang","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2316955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2316955","url":null,"abstract":"Accurate estimation of energy deposition is important in core physics and severe accident analyses for design optimizations. In this study, a new energy deposition treatment is implemented in the R...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2303548
Bailey Painter, Dan Kotlyar
Coupled Monte Carlo (MC) and thermal-hydraulic analysis is valuable as a design or reference tool but can be slow, especially when implemented in a Picard iteration. Previous work has developed a n...
{"title":"On the Use of the Jacobian-Free Newton Krylov Method to Generate One-Group Discontinuity and Super Homogenization Factors for Full-Core Neutron Diffusion Simulations","authors":"Bailey Painter, Dan Kotlyar","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2303548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2303548","url":null,"abstract":"Coupled Monte Carlo (MC) and thermal-hydraulic analysis is valuable as a design or reference tool but can be slow, especially when implemented in a Picard iteration. Previous work has developed a n...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-29DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2318834
Bo-Lun Lai, Szu-Li Chang, Rong-Jiun Sheu
An in-depth shielding analysis of a large indoor facility designed for storing low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste generated from nuclear power plant decommissioning was performed. The fa...
{"title":"Examining the Contributions of Various Source Layers and Transport Pathways to Dose Rates Exterior to a Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Storage Facility Using ADVANTG/MCNP","authors":"Bo-Lun Lai, Szu-Li Chang, Rong-Jiun Sheu","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2318834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2318834","url":null,"abstract":"An in-depth shielding analysis of a large indoor facility designed for storing low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste generated from nuclear power plant decommissioning was performed. The fa...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-29DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2316946
Imane Ahnouz, Hanan Arahmane, Rajaa Sebihi
Neutron detection is increasingly vital in various fields such as homeland security, medical sciences, and high-energy physics. However, interference from accompanying gamma rays poses a critical c...
{"title":"A Review of Neutron–Gamma-Ray Discrimination Methods Using Organic Scintillators","authors":"Imane Ahnouz, Hanan Arahmane, Rajaa Sebihi","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2316946","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2316946","url":null,"abstract":"Neutron detection is increasingly vital in various fields such as homeland security, medical sciences, and high-energy physics. However, interference from accompanying gamma rays poses a critical c...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"102 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-29DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2303544
Thomas Folk, Siddhartha Srivastava, Dean Price, Krishna Garikipati, Brendan Kochunas
Accurately predicting errors incurred in a cross-section model for two-step reactor analysis enables the development of optimal case matrices and more efficient cross-section models. In a companion...
{"title":"Analytic Error Analysis of the Partial Derivatives Cross-Section Model—II: Numerical Results","authors":"Thomas Folk, Siddhartha Srivastava, Dean Price, Krishna Garikipati, Brendan Kochunas","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2303544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2303544","url":null,"abstract":"Accurately predicting errors incurred in a cross-section model for two-step reactor analysis enables the development of optimal case matrices and more efficient cross-section models. In a companion...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-28DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2023.2288328
Theophile Bonnet, Hunter Belanger, Davide Mancusi, Andrea Zoia
The investigation of correlations in Monte Carlo power iteration has long been dominated by the question of generational correlations and their effects on the estimation of statistical uncertaintie...
长期以来,对蒙特卡罗幂迭代中相关性的研究主要集中在代际相关性问题及其对统计不确定性估计的影响上。
{"title":"The Effect of Branchless Collisions and Population Control on Correlations in Monte Carlo Power Iteration","authors":"Theophile Bonnet, Hunter Belanger, Davide Mancusi, Andrea Zoia","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2023.2288328","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2288328","url":null,"abstract":"The investigation of correlations in Monte Carlo power iteration has long been dominated by the question of generational correlations and their effects on the estimation of statistical uncertaintie...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"275 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-28DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2306103
Feryantama Putra, Syarip, Sihana
Medical radioisotope production using neutron irradiation via fission reaction requires a sufficient neutron source. The Kartini reactor has been proposed and studied to become a neutron source for...
{"title":"Pre-Experimental Assessment of Uranyl Nitrate Solution Irradiation in Kartini Reactor Facilities","authors":"Feryantama Putra, Syarip, Sihana","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2306103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2306103","url":null,"abstract":"Medical radioisotope production using neutron irradiation via fission reaction requires a sufficient neutron source. The Kartini reactor has been proposed and studied to become a neutron source for...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fully ceramic microencapsulated fuels is a promising potential fuel for pressurized water reactors because of its inherent safety, but double heterogeneity (DH) brings challenges to the neutronic c...
{"title":"Resonance Calculation of FCM Fuel Based on the Global-Local Method","authors":"Siyu Yi, Zhouyu Liu, Kunpeng Wang, Wei Shen, Tiejun Zu, Liangzhi Cao, Hongchun Wu","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2023.2296239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2296239","url":null,"abstract":"Fully ceramic microencapsulated fuels is a promising potential fuel for pressurized water reactors because of its inherent safety, but double heterogeneity (DH) brings challenges to the neutronic c...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-27DOI: 10.1080/00295639.2024.2306707
Dominic J. Brennan, Geoffrey T. Parks
The Scientific Method—parsing a problem into isolated subproblems—is often necessarily employed in optimization efforts to reduce large and complex problems into more tractable parcels. However, ad...
{"title":"Recovering From Structural Instability in Nuclear Power Design Optimization","authors":"Dominic J. Brennan, Geoffrey T. Parks","doi":"10.1080/00295639.2024.2306707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2306707","url":null,"abstract":"The Scientific Method—parsing a problem into isolated subproblems—is often necessarily employed in optimization efforts to reduce large and complex problems into more tractable parcels. However, ad...","PeriodicalId":19436,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Science and Engineering","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140007795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}