The growing interest in fast reactors demands further innovative technologies to enhance
their safety and reliability. Understanding thermal hydraulic activities required for advanced …

The fuel assembly of sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is considered a compact heat
interchanger with the intricate flow. The wire-wrapped make a great difference on the …

The energy consumption worldwide will increase for the coming decades. In order to
address global warming, international experts agree that no low CO 2 emitting energy …

Abstract Design evaluation of nuclear components using numerical methods has typically
been focused on nominal geometries and conditions. In reality, the geometry of reactor …

The multi-year research program carried out by NRG and funded by the Dutch ministry of
economic affairs and climate is called 'Program for Innovation and cOmpetence …

A significant role for a future nuclear carbon-free energy production is attributed to fast
reactors, mostly employing a liquid metal as a coolant. This paper summarizes the efforts …

An advanced experimental setup in the form of a double-pipe heat exchanger has been
developed to investigate various flow and heat transfer regimes in an annular channel. The …

ABSTRACT The Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) aims to accelerate the testing of advanced
reactor fuels and materials that can withstand fast-spectrum neutron irradiations in high …

The Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) is a fast spectrum test reactor currently being developed in
the United States under the direction of the US Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear …

Na atual crise climática, a energia nuclear, aliada às fontes renováveis, deverá ser uma das
principais alternativas técnicas para descarbonizar as redes elétricas mundiais. No entanto …