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Cross Section Generation Strategy for High Conversion Light Water Reactors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program, 2011-06)
High conversion water reactors (HCWR), such as the Resource-renewable Boiling Water Reactor
(RBWR), are being designed with axial heterogeneity of alternating fissile and blanket zones to
achieve a conversion ratio of ...
Nuclear Tanker Producing Liquid Fuels From Air and Water: Applicable Technology for Land-Based Future Production of Commercial Liquid Fuels
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-06-01)
Emerging technologies in CO[subscript 2] air capture, high temperature electrolysis, microchannel
catalytic conversion, and Generation IV reactor plant systems have the potential to create
a shipboard liquid fuel production ...
Application of the Technology Neutral Framework to Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Systems Enhanced Performance Program, 2011-09)
Sodium cooled fast reactors (SFRs) are considered as a novel example to exercise the Technology Neutral Framework (TNF) proposed in NUREG-1860. One reason for considering SFRs is that they have historically had a licensing ...
Nuclear Energy for Variable Electricity and Liquid Fuels Production: Integrating Nuclear with Renewables, Fossil Fuels, and Biomass for a Low- Carbon World
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-09)
The world faces two energy challenges: (1) the national security and economic challenge of
dependence on foreign oil and (2) the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the burning
of fossil fuels to avoid climate ...
Conceptual Design of Nuclear-Geothermal Energy Storage Systems for Variable Electricity Production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-06)
Nuclear plants have high capital costs and low operating costs that favor base-load
operation. This characteristic of nuclear power has been a critical constraint that limits
the portion of nuclear power plants in a grid ...
Feasibility of Breeding in Hard Spectrum Boiling Water Reactors with Oxide and Nitride Fuels
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program, 2011-06-01)
This study assesses the neutronic, thermal-hydraulic, and fuel performance aspects of using
nitride fuel in place of oxides in Pu-based high conversion light water reactor designs. Using
the higher density nitride fuel ...
General Analysis of Breed-and-Burn Reactors and Limited-Separations Fuel Cycles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Advanced Nuclear Power Program, 2011-02)
A new theoretical framework is introduced, the “neutron excess” concept, which is useful
for analyzing breed-and-burn (B&B) reactors and their fuel cycles. Based on this concept, a
set of methods has been developed which ...
Vented Inverted Fuel Assembly Design for an SFR
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Advanced Nuclear Power Program, 2011-06)
The goal of this work is to investigate the feasibility of a vented inverted fuel
assembly for a sodium-cooled fast reactor. The inverted geometry has been
previously investigated for application in Gas-cooled Fast ...
Design and Optimization of a High Thermal Flux Research Reactor Via Kriging-Based Algorithm
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. MIT Reactor Redesign Program, 2011-06-01)
In response to increasing demands for the services of research reactors, a 5 MW LEUfueled
research reactor core is developed and optimized to provide high thermal flux
within specified limits upon thermal hydraulic ...
Nuclear-Renewables Energy System for Hydrogen and Electricity Production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-06-01)
Climate change concerns and expensive oil call for a different mix of energy technologies.
Nuclear and renewables attract attention because of their ability to produce electricity
while cutting carbon emissions. However ...