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Extension of the nodal code DYN3D to SFR applications

DYN3D is a well-established Light Water Reactor (LWR) simulation tool and is being extended for safety analyses of Sodium cooled Fast Reactors (SFRs) at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf. This thesis focuses on the first stage of the development pro ...

EPFL2019

Characterization of solvent-filled polyurethane/urea-formaldehyde core-shell composites

Véronique Michaud, Sam Neuser, Erica Manfredi

Encapsulation of liquid phases is a crucial step in many self-healing material systems where a healing agent has to be protected during processing and then released during a damage event. In this work, the mechanical properties of polyurethane (PU) reinfor ...

Elsevier2014

Analysis of selected Phenix EOL tests with the FAST code system - Part I: Control-rod-shift experiments

Rakesh Chawla, Aurélia Chenu, Konstantin Mikityuk

The end-of-life (EOL) tests recently performed at the Phenix reactor present a unique opportunity to validate computational tools used for Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) static and transient analysis. In the first part of the current study, PSI's FAST co ...

Elsevier2012

Development and characterization of the control assembly system for the large 2400 MWth Generation IV gas-cooled fast reactor

Rakesh Chawla, Gaëtan Girardin, Konstantin Mikityuk, Gérald Rimpault

The present paper is related to the design and neutronic characterization of the principal control assembly system for the reference large (2400 MWth) Generation IV gas-cooled fast reactor (GFR), which makes use of ceramic-ceramic (CERCER) plate-type fuel- ...

Elsevier Science Ltd.2008

Investigation of ADS-Type heterogeneities in the MUSE4 critical configuration

Rakesh Chawla, Michaël Plaschy, Gérald Rimpault

The MUSE4 programme of ADS-related integral experiments has recently been completed at the MASURCA facility at Cadarache (France). Investigations have been carried out in a reference critical fast-spectrum configuration and related sub-critical core config ...

Atomic Energy Society of Japan2005