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The capability to discriminate among nuclear fuel properties is essential for a successful nuclear safeguard and security program. Accurate nuclear material identification is hindered due to challenges such as differing levels of enrichments, weak ra...

The storage and monitoring of nuclear fuel, whether spent or fresh, are key components of the nuclear energy life cycle, with significant implications for safety and sustainability. With the global focus on carbon neutrality, interest in advanced man...

The current generation of nuclear reactors are evolutionary in design, mostly based on the technology originally designed to power submarines, and dominated by light water reactors. The aims of the Generation IV consortium are driven by sustainabilit...

This paper presents a new approach to the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) problem, which is uniquely enabled by a liquid fuel form, specifically as in the case of molten salt reactor (MSR) systems. Managing the SNF problem is critical for public acceptance...

This paper presents preliminary criticality safety assessments performed by the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in cooperation with the Swiss National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra) for spent nuclear fuel disposal canisters l...

Pyrochemistry is a promising technology that can provide benefits for the safe reprocessing of relatively fresh spent nuclear fuel with a short storage time (3–5 years). The radioactive waste emanating from this process is an electrolyte (LiCl–KCl) m...

Our understanding of stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis is limited by the uncertainties coming from the complex multi-dimensional processes in stellar interiors, such as convection and nuclear burning. Three-dimensional stellar models can improve...

Marine nuclear power platforms can continuously supply electricity and fresh water for marine resource exploration and surrounding islands. China’s first marine nuclear power platform uses a soft yoke multi-joint connect mode as the mooring pos...

Due to the challenges of spent fuel accumulation, the nuclear industry is exploring more cost-effective solutions for spent fuel management. The burnup-credit method, in application for storage and transport of the spent fuel, gained traction over re...

Increasing the efficiency and capacity of nuclear power units is a promising direction for the development of power generation systems. Unlike thermal power plants, nuclear power plants operate at relatively low temperatures of the steam working flui...

Oxidation of biodiesel (BD) obtained from the decomposition of biomass can damage the fuel injection and engine parts during its use as a fuel. The excess heating of vegetable oils can also cause polymerization of the biodiesel. The extent of BD oxid...

This study aims to investigate the viability of using a nuclear heating reactor to supply energy and replace the used fossil crude oil energy supply of an existing MED-TVC (Multi-Effect Distillation-Thermal-Vapor-Compression) desalination plant locat...

This work investigated machine-learning algorithms for remote-control and autonomous operation of the Very-Small, Long-Life, Modular (VSLLIM) microreactor. This walk-away safe reactor can continuously generate 1.0–10 MW of thermal power for 92...