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Coverage of breeder reactors since July 1, 2020.

A path to new nanofluidic devices applying spintronics technology

"...Substantial increase in the energy conversion efficiency of hydrodynamic power generation via spin currents..."

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MIT Alumni Designed Micro-Reactor BURNS Nuclear Waste For Fuel

"...NOTE: EBR II stands for Experimental Breeder Reactor which used uranium metal as fuel, and is the design basis for Oklo's Aurora..."

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Know Nukes: A Look At Nuclear Power

"...Some of the most ardent foes of nuclear power now believe it must be a large part of the energy mix to solve the world’s climate woes..."

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Academic Research

Recent peer-reviewed papers about breeder reactors relevant to the latest news.

Effect of laser shock peening on the microstructure, tensile and heat transport properties of Alloy D9

"...Present work investigates the effect of laser shock peening on the microstructure and properties of alloy D9, a candidate material for the core applications in fast breeder reactors..."

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Rotor Dynamic Analysis of Rotor Assembly of a Small Liquid Metal Pump

"...Fast breeder reactors (FBRs) utilize liquid metal, such as liquid sodium as the main coolant in their heat transport circuits..."

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Design of non-instrumented irradiation capsule for material irradiation in FBTR at different higher temperatures

"...A novelnon-instrumented irradiation capsule (NIIC) isdesigned for irradiation experiment in a sodium cooled fast breeder reactor (FBR) where higher temperatures as compared to that of coolant temperature can be achieved..."

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Mechanical Behaviour of Special Type Seals Used in the FBR Application

"...Leak tightness of the radioactive pressure boundary is one of the important safety requirements of the nuclear reactors..."

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Design, Analysis and Development of Sweep Arm Scanner for Scanning Fast Breeder Reactor Core

"...Fast breeder reactors (FBRs) utilize liquid metals as coolant..."

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Performance Analysis of Gripper Assembly of an In-Vessel Fuel Handling Machine

"...This paper deals with the analysis of gripper assembly of a long slender in-vessel fuel handling machine (IVFHM) of a fast breeder reactor towards assessing the behaviour of various kinematic links and joints..."

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Design and Implementation of Water Sprinkler System for Emergency Diesel Generator at Full Load in Nuclear Power Plant

"...Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) EDGs are having water-based fire protection, which is a unique feature in Nuclear Power Plants of India..."

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Qualification by Prototype Component Test: An Engineering Solution to Address Manufacturing Deviation

"...Sodium cooled fast breeder reactors (SFR) are designed to operate at high-temperature conditions to achieve very high thermal efficiency (> 40%)..."

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Derivation and Numerical Solutions of Poisson-Like Equations

"...In the frame of safety analysis of fast breeder reactors, two examples of constructing Poisson-like equations are worked out in all details for the pressure distribution in a fluid flow and for the enthalpy distribution in a heated fluid..."

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Application of Software Tools for Predicting the Corrosion-Erosion Rate to Ensure Integrity of Equipment and Piping of Power Un

"...Basic principles are examined of the application of software tools (ST) for predicting the erosion-corrosion (EC) rate to ensure the integrity of equipment and piping of nuclear power station (NPS) power units..."

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Fatigue Crack Growth Behaviour of Prototype Sized Pipe Bend and Its Equivalent Plate Type Geometry

"...As a part of the stringent safety requirement in the case of the operation of Fast Breeder Reactor, it is necessary to demonstrate that the postulated part-through-crack on the pipe surface shall not become the through-thickness crack during the period between two successive in-service inspection/repair schedules..."

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Methods of Orthogonal Collocations (OC)

"...The chapter closes with a numerical application of orthogonal collocation methods applied to a one-dimensional equation of sodium vapor flow in the frame of safety analysis of fast breeder reactors..."

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