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  • Impact of newly measured ß -delayed neutron emitters around Ni 78 on light element nucleosynthesis in the neutrino wind following a neutron star merger 

    Tolosa Delgado, Alvaro; Taín Enríquez, José Luis; Reichert, Moritz; Arcones, Almudena; Eichler, Marius; Rasco, B. Charles; Brewer, Nathan; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.; Yokoyama, Rin; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2025-05-01)
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    Neutron emission probabilities and half-lives of 37 ¿-delayed neutron emitters from 75Ni to 92Br were measured at the RIKEN Nishina Center in Japan, including 11 one-neutron and 13 two-neutron emission probabilities and ...
  • Towards a new generation of solid total-energy detectors for neutron-capture time-of-flight experiments with intense neutron beams 

    Balibrea Correa, Javier; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Lerendegui Marco, Jorge; Domingo Pardo, César; Ladarescu, Ion; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban; Fuente Rosales, Gabriel de la; Gameiro, Bernardo; Zaitseva, Natalia P.; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Cano Ott, Daniel; González Romero, Enrique Miguel; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere (Elsevier, 2025-03-01)
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    Challenging neutron-capture cross-section measurements of small cross sections and samples with a very limited number of atoms require high-flux time-of-flight facilities. In turn, such facilities need innovative detection ...
  • Safety assessment methodology for transportation of radioactive material via train 

    Kumar, Manorma; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere (2024-06-12)
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    The paper is focused on how to apply the probabilistic safety assessment (PSA) methodology to assess the nuclear safety risks associated with the transportation of radioactive material. The methodology is comprehensive and ...
  • Henry's constant of helium in liquid lead-lithium alloys 

    Álvarez Galera, Edgar; Laria, Daniel Héctor; Mazzanti Castrillejo, Fernando Pablo; Batet Miracle, Lluís; Martí Rabassa, Jordi (Elsevier, 2025-05)
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    Information about the solubility of helium in liquid metals is of fundamental relevance in the design of the future nuclear fusion reactors, since the formation of helium bubbles inside the breeding blankets of the reactors ...
  • Preliminary assessment of the possible BWR core/vessel damage states for Fukushima Daiichi station blackout scenarios using RELAP/SCDAPSIM 

    Allison, Chris M.; Hohorst, J.K.; Allison, Brian S.; Konjarek, Damir; Bajs, Tomislav; Pericas Casals, Raimon; Reventós Puigjaner, Francesc Josep; López Morones, Ramón (2012)
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    Immediately after the accident at Fukushima Daiichi, Innovative Systems Software and other members of the international SCDAPDevelopment and Training Program started an assessment of the possible core/vessel damage states ...
  • Doppler effect evaluation of the TRU-based Moroccan TRIGA Mark II reactor: applying novel methodologies 

    Mira, Mohamed; el Hajjaji, O.; Freixa Terradas, Jordi; el Bardouni, Tarek; Boukhal, Hamid; Boulaich, Y.; el Ghalbzouri, Tarik (2025-07-01)
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    The Doppler effect, commonly referred to as fuel temperature coefficient (aT), is a critical parameter that quantifies the reactivity feedback resulting from changes in fuel temperature. Understanding and accurately ...
  • Ensuring safety in the Air transport of radioactive materials: Regulations, methodologies, and probabilistic safety assessment 

    Kumar, Manorma; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere (Elsevier, 2024-06-01)
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    The paper is focused on comprehensive study on air transportation of radioactive materials, covering regulations and requirements, hazard identification and proposed a methodology to apply the Probabilistic Safety Assessment ...
  • Core-wide multi-physics simulation of fuel behaviour during large-break LOCA using NEXUS 

    Peakman, Aiden; Gregg, Robert; Martínez Quiroga, Victor; Freixa Terradas, Jordi (2025-06-01)
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    Large-break loss-of-coolant accidents (LB-LOCAs) are among the most critical scenarios in nuclear power plant safety analysis due to their potential to significantly challenge the integrity of barriers confining radioactive ...
  • New insights on fission of 235U induced by high energy neutrons from a new measurement at n_TOF 

    Manna, Alice; Pirovano, Elisa; Console Camprini, Patrizio; Cosentino, Luigi; Dietz, Mirco; Ducasse, Quentin; Finocchiaro, Paolo; Le Naour, Claire; Mancusi, Davide; Massimi, Cristian; Mengoni, Alberto; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (Elsevier, 2025-01-01)
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    The 235U(n, f) reaction cross section was measured relative to neutron-proton elastic scattering for the first time in the energy region from 10 MeV to 440 MeV at the CERN n_TOF facility, extending the upper limit of the ...
  • Measurement of the Se 78 (n,y) Se 79 cross section up to 600 keV at the n_TOF facility at CERN 

    Sosnin, Nikolay Viktorovich; Lederer Woods, Claudia; Garg, R.; Battino, Umberto; Cristallo, Sergio; Dietz, Mirco; Heinitz, S.; Krticka, Milan; Reifarth, R.; Valenta, S.; Vescovi, Diego; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Amaducci, Simone; Andrzejewski, Józef; Bécares, Vicente; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Bacak, Michael; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Physical Society (APS), 2024-12-17)
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    The 78Se(n,γ)79Se cross section has a high impact on the abundances of 78Se produced during the slow neutron capture process (s process) in massive stars. A measurement of the 78Se radiative neutron capture cross section ...
  • Measurement of the Yb 176 (n,y) cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN 

    García Infantes, Francisco; Praena Rodríguez, Javier; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Henkelmann, Richard; Köster, Ulli; Aberle, Oliver; Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Altieri, Saverio; Amaducci, Simone; Amar Es-Sghir, Hamza; Andrzejewski, Józef; Babiano Suárez, Víctor; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (American Physical Society (APS), 2024-12-27)
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    Background: The 176Yb¿(¿,¿)¿177Yb¿177Lu reaction is of interest in nuclear medicine as it is the preferred production route for 177Lu. This radioisotope has seen a very fast growth of usage in nuclear medicine in recent ...
  • Effect of energetic ions on edge-localized modes in tokamak plasmas 

    Dominguez Palacios, Jesus; Futatani, Shimpei; Garcia Muñoz, Manuel; Jansen van Vuuren, Anton; Viezzer, Eleonora; Gonzalez Martin, Javier; Toscano Jiménez, Manuel; Oyola Dominguez, Pablo; Todo, Yasushi; Suzuki, Yasuhiro; Sanchís Sánchez, Lucía; Rueda Rueda, Jose; Galdon Quiroga, Joaquin; Hidalgo Salaverri, Javier; Chen, Haotian; Rivero Rodriguez, Juan Francisco; Velarde Gallardo, Lina; ASDEX Upgrade Team, ASDEX Upgrade Team; EUROfusion MST1 team, EUROfusion MST1 team (2025-01-06)
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    The most efficient and promising operational regime for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor tokamak is the high-confinement mode. In this regime, however, periodic relaxations of the plasma edge can occur. ...

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