La Loca

New roles for astrocytes: the nightlife of an 'astrocyte'. La vida loca!

Like a newly popular nightspot, the biology of adult stem cells has emerged from obscurity to become one of the most lively new disciplines of the decade. The neurosciences have not escaped this trendy pastime and, from amid the noise and excitement, the astrocyte emerges as a beguiling companion to the adult neural stem cell. A once receding partner to neurons and oligodendrocytes, the astrocy...

Distributions of Atoms in Fluids Using Loca

The Ornstein-Zernike (OZ) equations [1] can be used to find probability distributions of atoms in fluid states where the primary unknowns are the radial pair correlation function and the direct correlation function. In order to specify conditions of the state, certain parameters such as density and temperature are chosen. While one can find a single solution to the OZ equations corresponding to...

User Need Request on the Acceptability of the Arrhenius Methodology for Environmental Qualification (eq) for Loca and Post-loca Environments

In a memorandum dated November 25, 1997, NRR requested RES to perform appropriate research and provide independent confirmation of the applicability of Arrhenius methodology to meet the environmental qualification (EQ) requirements for LOCA and post-LOCA environments. RES was requested to support the NRR reviews of licensees' requests for (1) power uprate amendments, (2) reevaluation of qualifi...

Continuation for Atomic and Molecular Fluids Using Loca

We wish to obtain accurate structural and thermodynamic properties of both atomic and molecular fluids. Current equations used to describe such quantities have significant shortcomings. In [8], Marucho and Pettitt propose an improvement upon the existing theory. We present a computational approach to solving this new theory and enable simulations of fluid properties change as a function of flui...

Nuclear Fuel Behaviour in Loss-of-coolant Accident (LOCA) Conditions