Reactor dynamic tests, which are categorized as one of the power start-up test groups, are
the most complex tests during commissioning of the new nuclear power plants. This paper …

There has been a deep interest in trying to find better-performing fuel clad motivated by the
desire to decrease the likelihood of the reactor barrier failure like what happened in …

The main goal of this study is to quantify the neutron flux redistribution in detectors and the
shadowing effect between control rods by proposing an instrumental calibration factor for …

Control rod is the most important approach to control reactivity in reactors, which is currently
a cluster of pins filled with boron carbide (B 4 C). In this case, neutrons are captured in the …

One of the main issues of a nuclear reactor is safety and controlling system. This system is
designed to control the power of reactor and to prevent accidents. Control rods worth …

Burnable absorber rods (BAR) and chemical shim are the main control poisons that are
used in the core for improving the reactor behavior and satisfying the safety criteria during …

Knowledge of the efficiency of a control rod to absorb excess reactivity in a nuclear reactor,
ie knowledge of its reactivity worth, is very important from many points of view. These include …

This paper presents a new and innovative optimization technique, which uses cellular
automata for solving multi-objective optimization problems. Due to its ability in simulating the …

This paper presents the generation of few-group constants using the Monte Carlo (MC) code
MCS for light-water reactor (LWR) analysis. The few-group constants are fed into the …

A typical 1100 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) is a second unit installed at the coastal
site of Pakistan. In this paper, verification analysis of reactivity control worth by means of rod …