Browsing by Subject "Centrals nuclears"
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Actualización del análisis del monitor de incendios de una central nuclear a partir de un modelo de Análisis Probabilista de Seguridad de acuerdo con la Regla de Mantenimiento vigente
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-17)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionLa generación de energía eléctrica a día de hoy está sustentada por varias fuentes, siendo la nuclear una de las más relevantes a nivel nacional e internacional. Aún obviando el debate de su continuidad como medio de ... -
Assessment of the adequacy of RELAP5 system code for the simulation of IBLOCA transient scenarios for Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactors
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-06-21)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThe assessment of the tools used for deterministic safety analysis and the compliance with the acceptance criteria in thermal-hydraulic analysis of Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) is based on three steps; the first is based on ... -
Les centrals nuclears
(2010-12-14)
Audiovisual
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Conception, développement et amélioration d'un système de tensionnement de barres précontraintes dans un contexte nucléaire
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-11-18)
Minor thesis
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Configuració d’una central nuclear de generació IV per fer el seguiment adaptatiu a la demanda elèctrica
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-03)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessEn aquest document es presenta el disseny d’una central nuclear de generació IV, associada amb una central termosolar, que té la capacitat d’apartar-se a la demanda elèctrica espanyola gràcies la possibilitat d’emmagatzematge ... -
Descripción y estudio de centrales nucleares para la generación de energía eléctrica
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-05)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessEste proyecto trata de describir y estudiar la tecnología de las centrales nucleares para la generación de energía eléctrica que hay hoy en día en funcionamiento, desde la física básica de la fisión nuclear hasta la ... -
Development and implementation of a Nuclear Power Plant steam turbine model in the system code ATHLET
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Technische Universität München, 2010)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open Access
Covenantee: Technische Universität MünchenIn order to improve the simulation of the whole secondary loop with the system code ATHLET a steam turbine model has to be implemented. This paper deals with the development of a thermo-hydraulic model of a Nuclear Power ... -
Dose calculations in aircrafts after Fukushima nuclear power plant accident – Preliminary study for aviation operations
(Elsevier, 2019-09-01)
Article
Open AccessThere is little information to decision support in air traffic management in case of nuclear releases into the atmosphere. In this paper, the dose estimation due to both, external exposure (i.e. cloud immersion, deposition ... -
Estudio de la viabilidad económica de la energía nuclear en la actualidad. Aplicación al mercado eléctrico español a largo plazo
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-02-09)
Master thesis
Open AccessActualmente, la generación de energía eléctrica es uno de los mayores emisores de gases de efecto invernadero en Europa y España. Por esta razón, se ha iniciado un proceso de transición ecológica para reducir la contaminación ... -
Full scope scaling analysis and recommendations for PWR SGTR scenarios
(Elsevier, 2024-03-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyScaling studies were conducted in the field of nuclear thermal-hydraulics to analyze the scaling distortions in a Steam Generator Tube Rupture (SGTR) scenario. Test 4 of the NEA/OECD/ROSA-2 Large-Scale Test Facility (LSTF) ... -
Informe de evaluación de la prueba funcional de los nuevos MSR de C.N. Vandellós 2
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-05-15)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionEl principal objetivo del presente trabajo es la toma de datos y realización de las pruebas funcionales para verificar los parámetros de garantía definidos por el suministrador, una vez sustituidos los Recalentadores y ... -
Instant release fraction corrosion studies of commercial UO2 BWR spent nuclear fuel
(Elsevier, 2017-05-01)
Article
Open AccessThe instant release fraction of a spent nuclear fuel is a matter of concern in the performance assessment of a deep geological repository since it increases the radiological risk. Corrosion studies of two different spent ... -
Investigation of the corrosion behaviour of metallic aluminium embedded in a cement matrix
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-11-28)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: École nationale supérieure de physique, électronique et matériauxIntroduction The Belgian Reactor 1 (BR1) fuel is composed of natural unalloyed metallic uranium, coated with an aluminosilicate alloy bonding layer and an U(Al,Si)3 anti-diffusion layer, and encapsulated in an aluminium ... -
Kv-scaling in thermal hydraulics: background, applications and forthcoming uses
(2023-04-01)
Article
Open AccessAddressing the scaling issue refers to a rather complex process of demonstrating the applicability of activities devoted to predict the behaviour of actual nuclear power plants using the knowledge acquired in scaled-down ... -
Oxidative dissolution mechanism of both undoped and Gd2O3-doped UO2(s) at alkaline to hyperalkaline pH†
(Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2023)
Article
Open AccessThe dissolution rates of unirradiated UO2 and unirradiated UO2 doped with Gd2O3 were determined as a function of pH using flow-through experiments in the presence of O2(g) and bicarbonate. The dissolution rate of non-doped ... -
Perfecting the use of hybrid models in scaling analysis
(2019-12-01)
Article
Open AccessDifferent methodologies devoted to qualify Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) system-code nodalizations rely on Kv-scaled calculations as an essential tool for their purpose. In the framework of Power-To-Volume strategy, a Kv-scaled ... -
Pre- and post-test simulations of station black out experiments at the PKL test facility
(2016)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyAfter the Fukushima accident, “st ress- test” activities carried out worldwide pointed out the need to study additional accident management measures to deal with prolonged Station Black Out (SBO) scenarios. Without any ... -
Regulatory framework for nuclear power plant fire safety and risk assessments from global perspective
(2019)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe evolution of regulatory framework for fire safety and risk assessments at Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) is on-going globally. The first generation commercial NPPs were designed and operated with minimal radiological risk ... -
Relació d’errors i avaries gestionades pel sistema de control d’un pont grua per a la manipulació de contenidors de combustible nuclear gastat i la descripció del qual
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-01-11)
Bachelor thesis
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Scaling effects in intermediate break LOCA scenario
(2023)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyScaling studies in the field of nuclear thermal hydraulics were conducted to analyze and extrapolate phenomenology from Integral Test Facilities (ITFs) to operating full size Nuclear Power Plants. The objective of this ...
