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  • Iodine-substituted hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and activation of derived ceramics for range verification in proton therapy 

    Magro Hernández, Raúl; Muñoz Noval, Alvaro; Briz, José Antonio; Rodríguez Murias, Javier; Espinosa Rodríguez, Andrea; Fraile, Luis Mario; Agulló Rueda, Fernando; Ynsa, Maria Dolores; Tavares de Sousa, Célia; Cortés Llanos, Belén; García López, Gastón; Nacher González, Enrique; García Távora, Vicente; Mont i Geli, Nil; Nerio Aguirre, Amanda; Valladolid Onecha, Víctor; Pallàs i Solís, Max; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel; Tengblad, Olof Erik; Manso Silvan, Miguel; Viñals Onsens, Silvia (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2024-10-15)
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    Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant cancer, and proton therapy is a promising radiation alternative for treating cancer with the advantage of a high dose concentration in the tumor area. In this work, we propose the use of ...

  • Assessment of the choked flow model of RELAP5 for application of inverse quantification methods 

    Osés Ezquerra, Pablo; Freixa Terradas, Jordi; Mendizabal Sanz, Rafael; Sánchez Perea, Miguel (2024-10-24)
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    In the framework of deterministic safety analysis, best estimate plus uncertainty methodologies can provide a more informative detailed analysis of transients than conservative approaches. However, one important step in ...

  • First exploration of monopole-driven shell evolution above the N=126 shell closure: new millisecond isomers in Tl 213 and Tl 215 

    Tik Tsun Yeung, Marco; Morales López, Ana Isabel; Wu, Jin; Liu, Menglan; Yuan, Cenxi; Nishimura, Shunji; Phong, Vi Ho; Fukuda, Naoki; Taín Enríquez, José Luis; Davinson, Tom; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Pallàs i Solís, Max; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2024-08-13)
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    Isomer spectroscopy of heavy neutron-rich nuclei beyond the N=126 closed shell has been performed for the first time at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory of the RIKEN Nishina Center. New millisecond isomers have been ...

  • Application of the ANT assessment methodology for validating LOCUST 1.2 thermal-hydraulic code 

    Martin Gil, Kevin; Casamor Vidal, Max; Martínez Quiroga, Víctor Manuel; Pérez-Ferragut, Marina; Zhongyun, J.; Freixa Terradas, Jordi (Elsevier, 2024-10)
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    Nuclear power plants play a critical role in providing clean and sustainable energy. Ensuring the safety of these plants is of utmost importance to the nuclear industry. In this regards, thermal-hydraulic computer codes ...

  • Scaling in nuclear thermal hydraulics : advances, applications and future perspectives in Spain 

    Freixa Terradas, Jordi; Berna Escriche, Cesar; Escrivá Castells, Facundo Alberto; Gallardo Bermell, Sergio; Lorduy Alós, Maria; Martínez Quiroga, Víctor Manuel; Martin Gil, Kevin; Mendizabal Sanz, Rafael; Muñoz-Cobo González, José Luís; Reventós Puigjaner, Francesc Josep; Sánchez Perea, Miguel (Elsevier, 2024-09-01)
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    The demonstration of the safety, high performance and reliability of any man-made device relies heavily in experimental programs. For nuclear reactor safety demonstration, several experimental facilities are used for both ...

  • Ambient dosimetry in pulsed neutron fields with LINrem detectors 

    Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Blas del Hoyo, Alfredo de; Brusasco, Benedetta; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cives Fernández, Ana M.; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; García Sánchez, Roger; Molina Palacios, Francisco; Mont i Geli, Nil; Pallàs i Solís, Max; Pávez Mercado, Christian (2024-11)
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    The status of the LINrem project is presented, focusing on the development of innovative neutron dosimeters with enhanced energy sensitivity, time resolution, and portability. Designed to meet the technical demands of ...

  • Full characterization and calibration of a transfer standard monitor for atmospheric radon measurements 

    Curcoll Masanes, Roger; Grossi, Claudia; Röttger, Stefan; Vargas Drechsler, Arturo (European Geosciences Union (EGU), 2024-05-21)
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    In this work, a full characterization of the new user-friendly version of the Atmospheric Radon MONitor (ARMON), used to measure very low activity concentrations of the radioactive radon gas in the outdoor atmosphere, is ...

  • Commissioning of miniBELEN-10A, a moderated neutron counter with a flat efficiency for thick-target neutron yields measurements 

    Mont i Geli, Nil; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban; Fraile, L. M.; Viñals Onsens, Silvia; Perea Martínez, Ángel; Pallàs i Solís, Max; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; García López, Gastón; Nacher González, Enrique; Taín Enríquez, José Luis; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Alonso-Sañudo Álvarez, Odette; Algora Wesolowsk, Alejandro; Balibrea Correa, Javier; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Blas del Hoyo, Alfredo de; García Sánchez, Roger (EPJ Web of Conferences, 2023-12-08)
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    miniBELEN-10A is a modular and transportable moderated neutron counter with a nearly flat detection efficiency up to 8 MeV. The detector was designed to carry out measurements of (a, n) reactions in the context of the ...

  • The mapping of alpha-emitting radionuclides in the environment using an unmanned aircraft system 

    Royo Chic, Pablo; Vargas Drechsler, Arturo; Guillot Colls, Tania; Sáiz Broch, David; Pichel, Jonathan; Rábago, Daniel; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Grossi, Claudia; Luchkov, Maksym; Dangendorf, Volker; Krasniqi, Faton (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-02-29)
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    The protection of first responders from radioactive contamination with alpha emitters that may result from a radiological accident is of great complexity due to the short range of alpha particles in the air of a few ...

  • Ground-based mobile measurements to track urban methane emissions from natural gas in 12 cities across eight countries 

    Vogel, Felix; Ars, Sebastien; Wunch, Debra; Lavoie, Jean-Michel; Gillespie, Louis; Maazallahi, Hossein; Röckmann, Thomas; Necki, Jaroslaw; Bartyzel, Jakub; Jagoda, Pawel; Lowry, David; Curcoll Masanes, Roger; Grossi, Claudia (2024-01-25)
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    To mitigate methane emission from urban natural gas distribution systems, it is crucial to understand local leak rates and occurrence rates. To explore urban methane emissions in cities outside the U.S., where significant ...

  • Radwaste analysis and package optimization with the F4E-radwaste tool and application to the ITER IVVS 

    Cubí Ricart, Álvaro; Pampin, Raúl; Fabbri, Marco; Dubus, Gregory; Taylor, Neill; Torcy, David; Sauvan, Patrick; Alguacil, Javier; Portone, Alfredo; Blas del Hoyo, Alfredo de (2023-12-05)
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    A methodology to evaluate the neutron activation, categorize as radwaste, generate radiological checklists, and optimize the packaging for disposal of activated components according to French regulations is presented. The ...

  • Exploring the influence of land use on the urban carbonyl sulfide budget: a case study of the metropolitan area of Barcelona 

    Estruch, Carme; Belviso, Sauveur; Badia Moragas, Alba; Vidal Canedo, Veronica; Curcoll Masanes, Roger; Udina Sistach, Mireia; Grossi, Claudia; Morguí, Josep-Anton; Segura, Ricard; Ventura Caballé, Sergi; Sola Salvatierra, Yolanda; Villalba Mendez, Gara (John Wiley & sons, 2023-12-19)
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    Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) is used to quantify the carbon capture potential of the biosphere because of its direct correlation with CO2 uptake during photosynthesis. However, to constrain the urban biosphere signal, it is ...

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