Thermodynamics of hydrogen in graphite at high temperature and the effects of oxidation, irradiation and isotopics

L Vergari, RO Scarlat - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The interaction between hydrogen isotopes and graphite at temperatures of 500–800° C
and a few Pa partial pressure is of importance to the management of tritium produced in …

Self-lubrication of nuclear graphite in argon at high temperature

L Vergari, J Quincey, GM De Bellefon, T Merriman… - Tribology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tribology studies in argon of nuclear graphite previously degassed at 600° C show lower
friction and wear at 600° C than at room-temperature: the COF decreases from 0.55 (14) to …

The corrosion effects of neutron activation of 2LiF-BeF2 (FLiBe)

L Vergari, RO Scarlat, RD Hayes, M Fratoni - Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The redox effect of activation reactions in molten salts has been previously qualitatively
defined but never quantified. Here, we quantify the corrosion effects of neutron activation of …

Thermal-hydraulic characteristics analysis of unprotected accident and protection control strategy for helium-xenon cooled reactor system

H Liao, X Wang, L Xie, R Lu, F Zhao, S Tan, P Gao… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The small modular helium-xenon cooled reactor has the advantages of simple and compact
system structure, short construction cycle, light weight and small volume, which is very …

A comprehensive study on source terms in irradiated graphite spheres of HTR-10

F Xie, H Li, X Liu, J Chen, C Li, X Chen… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
With previously developed experimental methods which include the preparation and
measurement process for the graphite sample, two new irradiated graphite spheres with …

Summary of tritium source term study in 10 MW high temperature gas-cooled test reactor

X Liu, W Peng, F Xie, J Cao, Y Dong… - Fusion Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Tritium (3H) has been increasingly researched when assessing the environmental impact of
nuclear reactors and other nuclear facilities because it is widely present in nuclear systems …

[PDF][PDF] Carbon dust in primary coolant of RDE: its problem and solution

S Sriyono, T Setiadipura, GR Sunaryo - … REAKTOR NUKLIR TRI …, 2018 - academia.edu
ABSTRACT CARBON DUST IN PRIMARY COOLANT OF RDE: ITS PROBLEM AND
SOLUTION. There are two kinds of impurities in primary coolant of Reaktor Daya …

Experimental investigation of 14C in the primary coolant of the 10 MW high temperature gas-cooled reactor

F Xie, W Peng, J Cao, X Feng, L Wei, J Tong, F Li… - …, 2019 - cambridge.org
The very high temperature reactor (VHTR) is a development of the high-temperature gas-
cooled reactors (HTGRs) and one of the six proposed Generation IV reactor concept …

Study on potential energy curves and ro-vibrational energies of DT, HT and T2 molecules

J Fu, J Jian, S Long, Z Fan, Q Fan, F Xie… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accurately monitoring and effectively controlling the tritium compounds based on their ro-
vibrational energy structure are important issues in various nuclear systems. Because of …

Study of an identification method of the temperature measuring pebbles in the transition core of HTR-10

L Wei, T Ma, Y Zhang, F Xie, L Liu, X Fang, C Li, B Xia… - 2018 - inis.iaea.org
We proposed an identification method for the temperature measuring pebbles during the
discharge process in the transition core of the 10 MW high temperature gas-cooled test …