2015: Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society | Proceedings of the Canadian Nuclear Society

Published: 2015-05-31

Advanced Scale Conditioning Agent and Consolidated Deposit Extraction Planning, Application Experience, and Results at Comanche Peak Unit 2 and Industrial Super Critical Water Oxidation Waste Reduction

Miles Forney, Danielle Ramaley, William Bryant

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Control Blade Pattern Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithm for the Canadian SCWR

Frederic Salaun, J.R. Sharpe, David W. Hummel, David R. Novog

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RTD-INCOTEST for Evaluation of Corrosion Under Insulation

Jason Witts

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Software-Based Annunciator Replacement: A Tale of Two Projects

Gary T. Simmons

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The Generation of Calandria Tube (CT) Inner Diameter Profiles From Fuel Channel (FC) Inspection Data

P. Sedran, Bill Rankin, C. Lemire

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The Effect of Weld Chemistry on the Likely Primary Water Stress Corrosion Cracking Susceptibility of Alloy 82 Dissimilar Metal Welds

Suraj Y. Persaud, S. Ramamurthy, Roger C. Newman

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Investigation of Air-Water Flow in a Horizontal Pipe With 90 Degree Bends Using Wire Mesh Sensors

Robert C. Bowden, S. Yang

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Prediction of Gas Volume Fraction in Fully-Developed Gas-Liquid Flow in a Vertical Pipe

A. Islam, N. Adoo, D. Bergstrom, D. Wang

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New Contact Boiling Experiments to Evaluate Calandria Tube Strain Acceptance Criteria

Magdy El-Hawary, Jacek Szymanski, Aurelian Tanase, Aleksandar Delja, Andrew Oussoren, P. Neal

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A Cliff Edge Evaluation for CANDU-6 Beyond Design Basis Accidents

S.M. Kim, D.W. Kho, S.D. Yi, S.H. Kang, S.R. Kim

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Study of irradiation induced defects and phase instability in ß phase of Zr Excel alloy with in-situ heavy ion irradiation

Hongbing Yu, Zhongwen Yao, Mark A. Kirk, Mark R. Daymond

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Mitigation of End Flux Peaking in CANDU Fuel Bundles Using Neutron Absorbers

Dylan Pierce, Paul K. Chan, Wei Shen

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Regression Analysis of Pulsed Eddy Current Signals for Inspection of Steam Generator Tube Support Structures

J. Buck, P.R. Underhill, S.G. Mokros, J. Morelli, Thomas W. Krause, V.K. Babbar, B. Lepine

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Experimental and Thermodynamic Assessment of Beryllium-replacement Materials for CANDU® Brazed Joints

K. Potter, G.A. Ferrier, F. Dimayuga, Emily Corcoran

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A New Nuclear Materials Laboratory at Queen's University

R.A Holt, Mark R. Daymond

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Revised Numerical Model for F2 Bubble Breakdown in Molten FLiBe and its Economics in the Fuel Cycle

Kelvin Seto

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A Re-examination of Thermodynamic Modelling of U-RU Binary Phase Diagram

L. Wang, Matthew H. Kaye

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Dose Measurement aboard Biosatellite BION-M #1 (AutoCAD implementation into MCNPX)

Patrick Dolloso, Alexander Miller, Rachid Machrafi, Vyacheslav Shurshakov, Sergey Khulapko, Olga Ivanova

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An Introduction and Overview of Draft CSA Standard N288.7 Groundwater Protection at Class I Nuclear Facilities and Uranium Mines and Mills

J. DeWilde, M. Klukas, M.C. Audet

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Determining the Efficacy of Nuclear Security Through Computer Simulation

Nicholas Chornoboy, Edward J. Waller

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Radiological Site Assessment at Sun Rose Claim Utilizing Scanplot^sm Technology

Heath Downey

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Scansort^sm at Whiteshell Laboratories for Sorting of Experimental Cesium Pond Soil

Heath Downey

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Update of Severe Accident Management Guidelines at Point Lepreau Generating Station

Derek S. Mullin, S. Robertson, D.J. Wilson

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Assessment of Thermalhydraulic Phenomena for External Water Make-up

Christopher Harwood, J. Baschuk

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Lessons Learnt From Fukushima Accident - What Did McMaster Undergraduate Students Learn?

Shinya Nagasaki

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Nuclear Facts: Public Engagement About the Impacts of Nuclear Research

M. Dalzell, Neil R. Alexander, M. Main

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Industry-University Collaboration for Research and Education

Basma A. Shalaby, Victor G. Snell, Benjamin Rouben

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Operating Nuclear Power Stations in a Regulated Cyber Security Environment: A Roadmap for Success

Erik Dorman

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Heat Loss Analysis for a Re-Entrant SCWR Fuel-Channel Concept

Fatimah Rafat

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Effect of High Frequency Content of Uniform Hazard Response Spectra on Nuclear Power Plant Structures, Systems and Components

Aman Usmani, Paul D. Baughman

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Fire Alarm Detection in High-ceiling Rooms

R. Brewer, L. Morrison

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Cyber Security - Compliance to the New CSA 290.7 Standard

M. Daley, R. Doucet, M. Echlin, M. MacDonald, V. Mihaylov, J. Sijs, D. Trask

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The Role of Automated Testing and Logging Tools in Fuel Handling I & C Refurbishment: Bruce A NGS FH Protective Replacement

J. Dalby, Y. Mackwood, W. Volk, W. Yu

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A Preliminary Assessment of Radiation Effects on American Flagfish

Margarita Tzivaki, Edward J. Waller

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Limerick BWR Turbine Control and Protection System Upgrade Success

Calvin K. Tang, Thomas S. Pietryka, Panfilo A. Federico, Jonathan C. Williams

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Development, Application and Licensing of FPGA Based Safety Systems

Terrence C. Tuite, Jorge V. Carvajal

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Point Lepreau Instrument and Equipment Survivability Assessment During Severe Accident Conditions

Derek S. Mullin

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Overview of Monitoring Applications for Retrofit and New-build NPP Projects

Vaughan Thomas, Christopher Black

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Power Flattening and Reactivity Suppression Strategies for the Canadian Supercritical Water Reactor Concept

M. McDonald, A. Colton, J. Pencer

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Separation of the Secondary Electrons from the Gamma Radiation near the Surface of an Encapsulated Gamma Source Using a Magnetic Field

Eric Heritage, Edward J. Waller

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A Benchmark Comparison of the Canadian Supercritical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR) 64-element Fuel Lattice Cell Parameters Using Various Computer Codes

J.R. Sharpe, Frederic Salaun, David W. Hummel, A. Moghrabi, M. Nowak, Jeremy Pencer, David R. Novog, Adriaan Buijs

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Experimental Results Supporting the Concept of One-Sided Muon Tomography

K. Boniface, G. Jonkmans, Adriaan Buijs, A. Erlandson, S. Livingstone

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Starcore Nuclear Generation IV HTGR

Michael K. Yates, Farshid Shahrokhi, David A. Poole, Leo D. Eskin

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Reaction Rate Prediction in the Supercritical Region

Tait Du, Guangdong Liu, John Beninger, Khashayar Ghandi

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LEADIR-PS: Providing Unprecedented SMR Safety and Economics

Ralph S. Hart

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Experimental and Thermodynamic Studies of Beryllium replacement Materials for CANDU Brazed Joints

Kieran N. Potter, G.A. Ferrier, E.C. Corcoran

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Development of the Canadian Used Fuel Repository Engineered Barrier System

C. Hatton

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Nuclear Security Regulatory Framework Analysis for Small Modular Reactors in Canada and Abroad

Amjad Farah

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Hybrid Laser Arc Welding of a Used Fuel Container

Chris Boyle, Patrick Martel

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Electrodeposited Copper Coatings for Used Fuel Containers

Peter Keech, Peter L. Lin, Neil Mahalanobis

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Influence of Alkali Metal Oxides and Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides on the Mitigation of Stress Corrosion Cracking in CANDU Fuel Sheathing

Joseph Metzler, G.A. Ferrier, M. Farahani, Paul K. Chan, Emily C. Corcoran

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Cold Spray Copper Coatings for Used Fuel Containers

Peter Keech, Phuong Vo, Dominique Poirier, J. Legoux

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Modelling Hydrogen Permeation in a Hydrogen Effusion Probe for Monitoring Corrosion of Carbon Steels

P. Santiwiparat, T. Rirksomboon, F.R. Steward, Derek H. Lister, William G. Cook

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Used Fuel Packing Plant for CANDU Fuel

Ian Menzies, Ben Thayer, Alan Murchison, Narinder Bains

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Pulsed Eddy Current Response to Magnetite at Broach Supports in Steam Generators

S.G. Mokros, J. Buck, P.R. Underhill, J. Morelli, Thomas W. Krause

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Effect of Downgraded Moderator Purity on Lattice Reactivity and Coolant Void Reactivity for a LEU Lattice in the Zed-2 Reactor

Michael B. Zeller, J. Chow

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EC6 Design Improvements and Confirmatory Testing

Stephen Yu, L. Drennan, M. Soulard

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Adjuster Rod Aging in Darlington's CANDU Reactors: Behaviour, Measurement and Implications for Operation

Constantin Banica, A. Sullivan

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Modelling the Transport of Corrosion Products and Radionuclides in the CANDU Primary Heat Transport System

O.Y. Palazhchenko, Derek H. Lister

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Measurement and Analysis for Determination of Power Coefficient of Reactivity of an Operating CANDU6

J. Kim, Y. Kim, K. Kim

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CANDU6 PCR Evaluation With a Detailed 3-D Monte Carlo Analysis

M. Motalab, W. Kim, Y. Kim

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Radiation Chemistry in SCWR

G. Liu, K. Ghandi

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Investigation of the Thermal Stability of NdxScyZri_x_y0 2.8 Inert Matrix Fuel Materials

John R. Hayes, M. Saoudi, A.P. Grosvenor

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Influence of Alkali Metal Oxides and Alkaline Earth Metal Oxides on the Mitigation of Stress Corrosion Cracking in CANDU Fuel Sheathing

J. Metzler, G.A. Ferrier, Kommy Farahani, Paul K. Chan, Emily Corcoran

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Assessment of Alternate Ion Exchange Resins for Improved Antimony Removal From the Primary Heat Transport System

R. Burany, Sriram Suryanarayan, Aamir Husain

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Specific Heat of Zr-2.5nb Pressure Tube Material Measured by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

R.W.L. Fong, P.D. Neal, F. Fazeli, M. Aniolek, S. Gezgin

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Thermal Expansion Anisotropy of Zr-2.5Nb Pressure Tube Material on Heating to 1100° C

R. Fong, F. Fazeli, T. Smith

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Severe Accident Analysis of a Steam Generator Tube Rupture Accident Using MAAP-CANDU to Support Level 2 PSA for the Point Lepreau Station Refurbishment Project

S. Petoukhov, Morgan J. Brown

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Quantifying the Contribution of Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainties in the Estimation of Probability of Failure of Primary Piping

Mikko I. Jyrkama, Mahesh D. Pandey

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Establishment of Channel Specific Channel and Bundle Power Limits

J.H. Cho, D. Park, H. Ahn, B. Kim, C. Choi, D. Kho, S. Kim

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Heat-Transfer Characteristics of SuperCritical Water Flowing Upward in Bare-Tubes

Khalil Sidawi

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Effect of Flow Conditions on Flow Accelerated Corrosion in Pipe Bends

H. Mazhar, C. Ching

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Project Management Lessons Learned from Building the Wendelstein 7-X Stellerator Fusion Research Reactor

M. Freire-Gormaly, Antonio Gittens, Lavender Zhang

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Study on Start Time of Parametric Study for Channel Analysis Under SBLOCA/LOECI

B.J. Moon, E.K. Jang, S.R. Kim

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Designing a Computer Code to Estimate the Committed Dose Equivalent to Internal Organs Following the Injection of a Radiopharmaceutical

Zaid Keldani, R. Roman, S. Saadi

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Applicability of ANSYS ELBOW290 Element for Flexibility Calculation of Tight Radius Bends on Feeder Pipes in CANDU Reactors

X. Zhang

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Comparative Static Simulations of a CANDU6 Cell Using Different Transport Codes

Mehdi Mahjoub, M. Koclas

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Preliminary Development and Modeling of a Next Generation Inspection System for CANDU Pressure Tubes

J. Gilbert, M. Manning, S. Nokleby, Edward J. Waller

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Innovative Pipe Thickness Verification for Feedwater Flow at Darlington Nuclear Power Generating Station

Vi Ton, J. Kim, C. Zhao

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Conservatism in Methdologies for Moderator Subcooling Sufficiency for Fuel Channel Integrity Upon Pressure Tube Calandria Tube Contact

Liqun Sun

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Plant Habitability Assessment for Point Lepreau Generating Station During a Severe Accident Resulting From Station Blackout Conditions

Derek S. Mullin

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Wind Hazard Assessment for Point Lepreau Generating Station

Derek S. Mullin, Mark Moland, Jeffrey C. Sciaudone, Lawrence A. Twisdale, Peter J. Vickery, David R. Mizzen

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Continuing Development of a Fuel Performance Model for TH-Based Ceramic Fuel

John S. Bell, Paul K. Chan

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Modelling the Long-term Corrosion Behaviour of Candidate Alloys for the Canadian SCWR

Graham Steeves, William G. Cook

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A Study on the Optimal Cooling Time of Actinide Feedstock for Use in Transuranic Mixed Oxide Fuels in CANDU Reactors

Andrew C. Morreale, John C. Luxat

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Productive Elimination of Nuclear Waste (PENW): a Complementary Boon for CANDUs and the Canadian Nuclear Industry

Peter Ottensmeyer

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Natural Uranium Equivalent Fuel - An Innovative Design for Proven CANDU Technology

F. Pineiro, K. Ho, A. Khaial, M. Boubcher, C. Cottrell, S. Kuran, Z. Zhenhua, M. Zhiliang

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Canada's Deep Geological Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel - Update on the Site Evaluation Process and Interweaving of Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge

B. Watts, Mahrez Ben Belfadhel, Jo-Ann Facella

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Assessment of Disruptive Scenarios of a Canadian Used Fuel Repository in Crystalline Rock

M. Gobien, F. Garisto, N. Hunt, E.P. Kremer

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The Design, Construction, and Commissioning of a Multi-use Cyclotron Facility

S. Ho, M. Hutcheson, D. Schick-Martin, M. Dalzell, Neil R. Alexander

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Commentary on Inhaled ²³⁹PuO₂ in Dogs - A Prophylaxis Against Lung Cancer?

Jerry Cuttler, L. Feinendegen

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Designing a Computer Code to Calculate the Committed Dose Equivalent to Internal Organs Following the Injection of a Radiopharmaceutical

Z. Keldani, R. Roman, S. Saadi, Eleodor Nichita

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Development of Canadian Seismic Design Approach and Overview of Seismic Standards

Aman Usmani, Tarek Aziz

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Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Point Lepreau Generating Station

Derek S. Mullin, Alexis Lavine, John Egan

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Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment for Point Lepreau Generating Station

Derek S. Mullin, Tracje Alcinov, Patrick Roussel, Alexis Lavine, M.E.M. Arcos, Kathryn Hanson, Robert Youngs

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Proliferation Resistance Assessment of Different Fuel Cycles in the CANDU System

Xiaopan Wang, Adriaan Buijs, Shinya Nagasaki

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Heat Transfer Analysis for the Application of SCWR Process Heat for the Thermochemical Production of Hydrogen

Juan C. Jouvin, Igor Pioro

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Prediction of Heat Transfer in a Vertical Bare Tube Upward Flow

Rand Abdullah, Vladimir Agranat, Michael Malin, Igor Pioro

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Comparison Study on Air Oxidation Behavior of Advanced Super-Alloys In Elevated Temperatures

Mohsen Sanayei, Majid Nezakat, Hamed Akhiani, Jerzy A. Szpunar

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Pressure-Drop Analysis of a Re-Entrant Fuel Channel In a Pressure-Channel Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactor

David Kowalczyk, F. Rafat, M. Chauhan

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Mitigation of End Flux Peaking in CANDU Fuel Bundles using Neutron Absorbers

Dylan Pierce, Paul K. Chan, Wei Shen

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Nuclear Data Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for the Canadian Supercritical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR) 64 - element Fresh Fuel Lattice Cell

A. Moghrabi, David R. Novog

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Ab Initio investigation of chloroaqualead (II) complexes as possible corrosion products in Super Critical Water Cooled Reactor (SCWR)

D. Anzelj, Cory C. Pye

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Monte Carlo Simulations of the SLOWPOKE-2 Reactor

A. Tan, Adriaan Buijs

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Sensing and Collecting Radioactive Materials as a Project to Teach Engineering Design

D. Drake, A. Milko, A. Moscoe, J. Munro, P. Nearing, G.G. Patterson, R. Puri, A. Shah, M. Smith, K. Stott, D. Tadla, R. Thomas, Van Gemeren, S. Virtue, J. Vu, C. Wong, S. Younan, C. Yu, N. Merchant, S. McNamee, Z. Marych, T. Majdi, J. Strack, D. Andronache, K. Boniface, A. Bot, J. Boudreau, H. Brar, L. Chen, A. Dickson, T. Doodeman, Y. Fernandes, M. Fitzpatrick, S. Holden, C.W. Hollingshead, D. Jalbert, S. Johnson, Y. Kim, Adriaan Buijs

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Development of Methodology to Assess Application of Practical Elimination for Nuclear Power Plants

Jong Jung, Dylan Sivekumar, Suba Thambirasa

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Monte Carlo Modeling of the Fastscan Whole Body Counter Response

Heather R. Graham, Edward J. Waller

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The Effect of Ionic Strength on the Sorption and Speciation of Palladium

J. Riddoch, Shinya Nagasaki

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Canadian Supercritical Water Reactor Modeling Using G4STORK

Wesley Ford, Adriaan Buijs

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Specifics of Forced-Convective Heat Transfer in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Eugene Saltanov, David Mann, Glenn Harvel, I. Pior

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Development of a Simple Gamma Ray Camera Using Handheld Scintillation Detectors

Alexander Miller, Rachid Machrafi

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Development of a Fuel Performance Model of (Th,Pu)O2

John S. Bell, Paul K. Chan

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Error Analysis of Supercritical Water Correlations Using ATHLET System Code For Low and Moderate Mass Flux Cases

Jeffrey Samuel

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