During the past three decades the interest of students in nuclear energy decreased due to the fact that especially in Europe and the US no new nuclear power plants were ordered and many industrialised countries even voted for a nuclear phase out program such as Germany, Italy, or Sweden. This trend was immediately reflected in the university enrolment and students turned to other areas such inf...

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Seismic analysis model is required to evaluate themechanical structural integrity of reactor internals when earthquakeis occurred. Finite element method is used to prepare a seismicanalysis model for reactor internals. The reactor internals arecomplex mechanical structures, so much analysis time is requiredto obtain the seismic responses with the detail finite element model....

To demonstrate the applicability and feasibility of AI technology in nuclear fields in China, a fuzzy controller to control the reactor power of China Advanced Research Reactor (CARR) is designed in this paper. The fuzzy controller uses Mamdani inference system based 2 inputs-power difference and power period, 1 outputvelocity of control rods. To evaluate the performance of the fuzzy controller...

Materials issues are a key concern for the existing nuclear reactor fleet in the United States as material degradation can lead to increased maintenance, increased downtime, and increased risk. Extending reactor life to 60 years and beyond will likely increase susceptibility and severity of both known and new forms of degradation. A multitude of concrete-based structures are typically part of a...

Poly(L-lactic acid) microspheres loaded with holmium-166 acetylacetonate (166Ho-PLLA-MS) are a novel microdevice for intra-arterial radio-embolization in patients with unresectable liver malignancies. The neutron activation in a nuclear reactor, in particular the gamma heating, damages the 166Ho-PLLA-MS. The degree of damage is dependent on the irradiation characteristics and irradiation time i...