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Nuclear power is a powerful technology that plays an important role in the fight against climate change, and research is continuously engaged in studies that could further improve its safety. After the Fukushima accident, Accident Tolerant Fuels research h ...
EPFL2024A FEM modelling workflow to simulate THM effects in the rock around nuclear waste packages
Matthias Timothee Stanislas Wojnarowicz
High-level waste, stemming from nuclear electricity generation poses significant environmental and safety concerns. Currently, high-level wastes are stored in interim facilities needing constant monitoring and waiting for a definitive solution. Deep geolog ...
EPFL2024Alchemical analysis of FDA approved drugs
Philippe Schwaller, Daniel Probst, Jean-Louis Reymond, Markus Orsi
Chemical space maps help visualize similarities within molecular sets. However, there are many different molecular similarity measures resulting in a confusing number of possible comparisons. To overcome this limitation, we exploit the fact that tools desi ...
2023Effect of Co-Substitution on Hydrogen Absorption and Desorption Reactions of YMgNi4-Based Alloys
Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Heena Yang
YMgNi4-based alloys exhibit reversible hydrogen absorption and desorption reactions at near room temperature. Here, we report that Co-substituted YMgNi4-based alloys exhibited higher hydrogen contents and lower hydrogen absorption and desorption reaction p ...
AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022Design of the third-generation lead-based neutron spallation target for the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN
Roland Logé, Nicola Colonna, Raffaele Esposito
The neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) is a pulsed white-spectrum neutron spallation source producing neutrons for two experimental areas: the Experimental Area 1 (EAR1), located 185 m horizontall ...
AMER PHYSICAL SOC2021APT/TEM characterization of the element segregation in ferritic/martensitic steels after irradiation in SINQ
Ferritic /martensitic (FM) steels are among the most important materials in various nuclear applications. As radiation-induced segregation (RIS) is one of the major factors for embrittlement of nuclear materials, thereofre it is essential to study the RIS ...
EPFL2021Studies on the mechanical evolution of compacted bentonite subjected to environmental actions
Deep geological disposal is currently the most feasible option for the long-term isolation of radioactive waste, consisting in emplacing the waste into tunnels or drifts excavated at great depths in suitable geological formations. The use of bentonite, a h ...
EPFL2021Design of the third-generation neutron spallation target for the CERN's n_TOF facility
Raffaele Esposito, Marco Calviani
The neutron Time-Of-Flight (n_TOF) facility at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) is a pulsed white-spectrum neutron spallation source producing neutrons for two experimental areas: EAR1, located 185 m downstream of the spallation target, ...
IOS PRESS2020Bentonite clay barriers in nuclear waste repositories
Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Jose Antonio Bosch Llufriu
Deep disposal of high-level radioactive waste is the preferred solution worldwide for the long-term disposal of nuclear waste. This concept involves a series of geological and engineered barriers that provide isolation of the waste from the biosphere. Most ...
EDP SCIENCES2020Numerical investigation on water exchange of shale samples
Alessio Ferrari, Sara Incollingo
Interest in the hydraulic and mechanical characterization of shales has grown in recent years, because of their application in the context of energy geotechnics. In the frame of nuclear waste disposal shales are considered as host formations for the placem ...
E D P SCIENCES2020