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Xenon-133 and caesium-137 releases into the atmosphere from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant: Determination of the source term, atmospheric dispersion, and deposition
(2012-03-01)
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Accés obertOn 11 March 2011, an earthquake occurred about 130 km off the Pacific coast of Japan's main island Honshu, followed by a large tsunami. The resulting loss of electric power at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant ... -
Methodology for the improvement of the AINA code wall-model applied to DEMO WCPB blanket
(2017-11)
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Accés obertThe present work describes and supports the methodology for the improvement of the wall model devel-oped in AINA and its specific application to the Japanese DEMO Water Cooled Pebbled Bed. The set-upand application of this ... -
Measurement of the 238 U ( n , gamma ) cross section up to 80 keV with the Total Absorption Calorimeter at the CERN n_TOF facility
(AMER PHYSICAL SOC, 2017-12-01)
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Accés obertThe radiative capture cross section of a highly pure (99.999%), 6.125(2) grams and 9.56(5) 10-4 atoms/barn areal density 238-U sample has been measured with the Total Absorption Calorimeter (TAC) in the 185 m flight path ... -
Conceptual design of a hybrid neutron-gamma detector for study of ß-delayed neutrons at the RIB facility of RIKEN
(2017-04-07)
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Accés obertThe conceptual design of the BRIKEN neutron detector at the radioactive ion beam factory (RIBF) of the RIKEN Nishina Center is reported. The BRIKEN setup is a complex system aimed at detecting heavy-ion implants, ß particles, ... -
First evidence of multiple ß-delayed neutron emission for isotopes with A > 100
(2017-03-01)
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Accés obertThe beta-delayed neutron emission probability, P-n, of very neutron-rich nuclei allows us to achieve a better understanding of the nuclear structure above the neutron separation energy, S-n. The emission of neutrons can ... -
A new code for spectrometric analysis for environmental radiological surveillance on monitors focused on gamma radioactivity on aerosols
(2016-06)
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Accés obertThis paper presents a new code for the analysis of gamma spectra generated by an equipment for continuous measurement of gamma radioactivity in aerosols with paper ¿lter. It is called pGamma and has been developed by the ... -
Equipment for the continuous measurement and identification of gamma radioactivity on aerosols
(2016-06)
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Accés obertThis paper describes an equipment for continuous measurement and identification of gamma radioactivity in aerosols developed by the Nuclear Engineering Research Group (NERG) at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) ... -
Experimental setup and procedure for the measurement of the 7Be(n,alpha)alpha reaction at n_TOF
(2016-09-11)
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Accés obertThe newly built second experimental area EAR2 of the n_TOF spallation neutron source at CERN allows to perform (n, charged particles) experiments on short-lived highly radioactive targets. This paper describes a detection ... -
Development and assessment of fire-related risk unavailability matrices to support the application of the maintenance rule in a PWR nuclear power plant
(2016-06-17)
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Accés obertTwo methods are presented which serve to incorporate the fire-related risk into the current practices in nuclear power plants with respect to the assessment of configurations. The development of these methods is restricted ... -
Results of the RAMI analyses performed for the IFMIF accelerator facility in the engineering design phase
(2015-10-01)
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Accés obertThis paper presents a summary of the RAMI (Reliability Availability Maintainability Inspectability) analyses done for the IFMIF (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility) Accelerator facility in the Engineering ... -
Characterization of a neutron-beta counting system with beta-delayed neutron emitters
(2016-01-21)
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Accés obertA new detection system for the measurement of beta-delayed neutron emission probabilities has been characterized using fission products with well known ß-delayed neutron emission properties. The setup consists of BELEN-20, ... -
Outage Key Safety Functions Configuration risk assessment for a three loops Westinghouse PWR
(2015-09-01)
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Accés obertThe methodology developed provides guidance on the use of Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA) for the risk-informed evaluation of Guides which ensure the compliment of Outage Key Safety Functions (OKSFs) in Nuclear Power ...