Nucleate boiling within a fuel assembly affected by CRUD by Mokos Athanasios, Sato Yohei, Niceno Bojan, Churakov Sergey V., Prasianakis Nikolaos I.

“…Power output of nuclear reactor and heat exchange between fuel assembly and the coolant can be severely affected by the presence of CRUD on the cladding of the fuel assembly. …”
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Design of Wood Impact Limiter for Spent Fuel Transportation Casks by LAN Tianbao1, 2, BAI Xujuan1, FENG Tianyou1, SHENG Feng1, LU Keke1

Qualification of advanced LEU fuels for high-power research reactor conversion designs by Holmström Stefan, Baumeister Bruno, Wight Jared

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Experimental Approaches for Manufacturing of Simulated Cladding and Simulated Fuel Rod for Mechanical Decladder by Young-Hwan Kim, Yung-Zun Cho, Jin-Mok Hur

“…We are developing a practical-scale mechanical decladder that can slit nuclear spent fuel rod-cuts (hulls + pellets) on the order of several tens of kgf of heavy metal/batch to supply UO2 pellets to a voloxidation process. …”
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Preparation and First-principles Study of New Thorium-based MOX Fuel by ZHAO Shi1, 2, , WEI Qianglin1, 2, 3, , LIU Yibao1, 2, LIU Haojie2, LI Kaixuan2

“…The development of thorium-based nuclear fuel is of significance for the long-term sustainable development of nuclear power. …”
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Desulfurization Technology for Industrial Fuel Gases Using Natural Adsorption Materials by Iliya Iliev, Antonina Filimonova, Alena Vlasova, Ruzina Kamalieva, Hristo Beloev

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Simulation of the compression test of the Zr1Nb fuel cladding ring by Vojtěch Smolík, Alžběta Endrychová, Jakub Krejčí

“…The aim of this work is to simulate a ring compression test to evaluate the stress-strain behavior and hoop fracture properties of a zirconium-based alloy with niobium, which was chosen because it is widely used as fuel cladding in light water nuclear reactors. …”
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Capacity optimization of nuclear power integration to meet dynamic industrial demand by Logan Williams, Daniel Mikkelson, Aidan Rigby, Sarah Creasman, Michael Curtis

“…To decarbonize their industrial facilities, The Dow Chemical Company has collaborated with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to study the integration of nuclear power with an industrial chemical facility. …”
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Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Voltage Prediction by a Data-Driven Approach by Hristo Ivanov Beloev, Stanislav Radikovich Saitov, Antonina Andreevna Filimonova, Natalia Dmitrievna Chichirova, Egor Sergeevich Mayorov, Oleg Evgenievich Babikov, Iliya Krastev Iliev

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Economic Analysis of Nuclear Energy Cogeneration: A Comprehensive Review on Integrated Utilization by Guobin Jia, Guifeng Zhu, Yang Zou, Yuwen Ma, Ye Dai, Jianhui Wu, Jian Tian

“…Key findings reveal that nuclear cogeneration systems achieve thermal efficiencies exceeding 80% in low-temperature applications and reduce CO₂ emissions by 1.5–2.5 million tons annually per reactor by displacing fossil fuel-based heat sources. …”
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On the impact of nuclear fusion power plants deployment on selected critical materials consumption by D.N. Dongiovanni, Y. Melese, F. Gracceva, C. Bustreo, A. von Müller

“…Specifically, they are beryllium and lead, required for tritium breeding process; tungsten for plasma facing material; tantalum for functional impurities in steel; niobium for Superconducting Magnets; helium for cooling and for fuel cycle. …”
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Determination of dose rate during the inspection of spent fuel element in the testing cell by Amr Abdelhady

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Fuel Consumption Estimation via Bookkeeping Method for Geostationary Satellites: Simple Application by Tarek Badis, Elhassen Benfriha, Jalal Eddine Benmansour

“…The chemical propulsion subsystem comprises oxidizer and fuel tanks, gas pressuring tanks utilizing helium. …”
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Performance of sodium cooled traveling wave reactor core with axial fuel shuffling strategy by Meiyin Zheng, Ping Chen, Dalin Zhang, Wenxi Tian, Guanghui Su

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Multiphysics Modeling and Validation of Spent Fuel Isotopics Using Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Simulations by Dean Price, Majdi I. Radaideh, Travis Mui, Mihir Katare, Tomasz Kozlowski

“…Multiphysics coupling of neutronics/thermal-hydraulics models is essential for accurate modeling of nuclear reactor systems with physics feedback. In this work, SCALE/TRACE coupling is used for neutronic analysis and spent fuel validation of BWR assemblies, which have strong coolant feedback. 3D axial power profiles with coolant feedback are captured in these advanced simulations. …”
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COUPLED SIMULATION OF GAS COOLED FAST REACTOR FUEL ASSEMBLY WITH NESTLE CODE SYSTEM by Filip Osusky, Stefan Cerba, Jakub Luley, Branislav Vrban, Jan Hascik

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Investigation of Magnesium-Potassium Phosphates as Potential Nuclear Waste Form for the Immobilization of Minor Actinides by Hans-Conrad zur Loye, Petr Vecernik, Monika Kiselova, Vlastislav Kašpar, Hana Korenkova, Vlastimil Miller, Petr Bezdicka, Jan Šubrt, Natalija Murafa, Volodymyr Shkuropatenko, Sergey Sayenko

“…Several recent studies have evaluated technologies of spent nuclear fuel processing specifically for solidifying transuranic (TRU) waste as a by-product of fission. …”
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Analysis of the Layout of Passive Safety Systems When the Spent Fuel Pool Is Built in the Containment by Zhenjie Gu, Xiaopan Jia, Jincheng Su

“…The Spent Fuel Pool (SFP) is part of the fuel handling and storage system and is generally arranged in an independent building on the Nuclear Island (NI) of Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). …”
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Analysis of Flow-induced Vibration Characteristics of Fuel Rods Using POD and DMD Methods by MIN Guangyun1, JIANG Naibin1, 2

“…This understanding is crucial for advancing the nuclear energy industry. To unravel the intricacies of this complex phenomenon, a sophisticated high-fidelity finite element model of fuel rods was meticulously constructed. …”
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Choosing to comply with the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement. Factors leading to state compliance by Octavio González Segovia

“…Some scholars assume that the U.S. will abide by the India-U.S. 123 civil nuclear agreement, which main objective is to supply India with nuclear fuel. …”
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