Given the real problem of climate change and the consequent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear energy can be considered a real technological option in the absence …
According to historical records of reactor-related incidents, a steam generator tube rupture (SGTR) is one of the most common occurrences at operating pressurized water reactors …
KA Carvalho, G Barros, MHS Araújo… - … Engineering and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study proposes the potential implementation of eight different closed fuel cycle strategies for a NuScale-like reactor core using its own spent fuel as a reusable source of …
A Wimmers, F Böse, L Göke - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.15083, 2024 - arxiv.org
Recent pledges to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050 suggest a" nuclear renaissance," bolstered by reactor concepts such as sodium-cooled fast reactors, high-temperature …
Abstract The Northwest-Washington, Oregon, and Idaho-encompasses diverse communities, economies, and ecosystems, with almost 14 million residents. 1 From western …
J Christensen, E Worsham, G Griffith, A Wrobel… - 2023 - epe.gov.br
This report supplies the technical information to enable a broader understanding of different technology choices for nuclear reactors in Brazil. The assessment characteristics of this …
JA Christensen, HC Bryan, AM Wrobel, EK Worsham… - 2023 - osti.gov
This report supplies the technical information to enable a broader understanding of different technology choices for nuclear reactors in Brazil. The assessment characteristics of this …
DA de Andrade, LO Freire… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2022 - repositorio.ipen.br
De acordo com a AIEA (2020), um grande número de centrais nucleares (NPP) está a completar 30 a 40 anos de funcionamento, e muitas delas podem prolongar a vida útil por …
C Pistner, M Englert, B Wealer, B Steigerwald… - 2021 - inis.iaea.org
[en] SMR concepts (" Small Modular Reactors") date back to developments in the 1950s, in particular the attempt to use nuclear power as a propulsion technology for military …