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Analysis Of Flow Instabilities In Supercritical Watercooled Nuclear Reactors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Advanced Nuclear Power Program, 2004-09)
Near the supercritical thermodynamic point, coolant density is very sensitive to
temperature which gives potential to several instabilities in the supercritical water-cooled
nuclear reactors. The flow stability features ...
A Super Critical Carbon Dioxide Cycle for Next Generation Nuclear Reactors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Advanced Nuclear Power Program, 2004-03)
A systematic, detailed major component and system design evaluation and multiple-parameter optimization under practical constraints has been performed of the family of supercritical CO[subscript 2] Brayton power cycles for ...
Design of Compact Intermediate Heat Exchangers for Gas Cooled Fast Reactors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Advanced Nuclear Power Program, 2004-05)
Two aspects of an intermediate heat exchanger (IHX) for GFR service have been
investigated: (1) the intrinsic characteristics of the proposed compact printed circuit heat
exchanger (PCHE); and (2) a specific design ...
NEUTRONIC AND THERMAL HYDRAULIC DESIGNS OF ANNULAR FUEL FOR HIGH POWER DENSITY BWRS
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program, 2004-12)
As a promising new fuel for high power density light water reactors, the feasibility of using annular fuel for BWR services is explored from both thermal hydraulic and neutronic points of view. Keeping the bundle size ...
Combining Thorium with Burnable Poison for Reactivity Control of a Very Long Cycle BWR
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program, 2004-06)
The effect of utilizing thorium together with gadolinium, erbium, or boron
burnable absorber in BWR fuel assemblies for very long cycle is investigated. Nuclear
characteristics such as reactivity and power distributions ...
The Martian Surface Reactor: An Advanced Nuclear Power Station for Manned Extraterrestrial Exploration
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Space Applications, 2004-12)
As part of the 22.033/22.33 Nuclear Systems Design project, this group designed a
100 kW[subscript e] Martian/Lunar surface reactor system to work for 5 EFPY in support of
extraterrestrial human exploration efforts. The ...
High Performance Fuel Design for Next Generation PWRs: 11th Quarterly Report
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program, 2004-07)
I. Technical Narrative: The overall objective of this NERI project is to examine the potential for a high performance advanced fuel for Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs), which would accommodate a substantial increase of ...