A mm3 Fiber-Coupled Scintillator for In-Core Thermal Neutron Detection in CROCUS

F Vitullo, V Lamirand, JB Mosset… - … on Nuclear Science, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the development, full-characterization, and in-core testing of a miniature
neutron detector for the investigation of highly localized in-core neutronics effects in the zero …

Neutron noise experiments in the AKR-2 and CROCUS reactors for the European project CORTEX

V Lamirand, A Rais, S Hübner, C Lange… - EPJ Web of …, 2020 - epj-conferences.org
The present article gives an overview of the first experimental campaigns carried out in the
AKR-2 and CROCUS reactors within the framework of the Horizon 2020 European project …

Kinetic parameter measurements in the crocus reactor using current mode instrumentation

O Pakari, V Lamirand, G Perret… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is an overview of developments and results regarding neutron noise
measurements in current mode at the CROCUS zero power facility. Neutron noise …

Design of an Open-Loop Pile-Oscillation Program in the CROCUS Reactor

T Ligonnet, A Laureau, P Simsbler… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a follow-up to the CEA-EPFL PETALE experimental program on stainless steel nuclear
data, the EPFL initiated an open-loop pile-oscillation experimental program in the CROCUS …

Power calibration methodology at the CROCUS reactor

V Lamirand, A Laureau, O Pakari… - EPJ Web of …, 2020 - epj-conferences.org
In the present article, we detail the method used to experimentally determine the power of
the CROCUS zero-power reactor, and to subsequently calibrate its ex-core monitor fission …

Current mode neutron noise measurements in the zero power reactor CROCUS

O Pakari, V Lamirand, G Perret, L Braun… - EPJ Web of …, 2018 - epj-conferences.org
The present article is an overview of developments and results regarding neutron noise
measurements in current mode at the CROCUS zero power facility. Neutron noise …

Developing and testing a miniature fiber-coupled scintillator for in-core neutron counting in CROCUS

F Vitullo, V Lamirand, JB Mosset… - EPJ Web of …, 2020 - epj-conferences.org
An advanced neutron detection system for highly localized measurements in nuclear reactor
cores was developed and tested in the Laboratory for Reactor Physics and System …

[HTML][HTML] Uncertainty analyses of neutron noise simulations in a zero-power reactor

S Yum, M Hursin, A Vasiliev, P Vinai… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive uncertainty analysis methodology has been established for the modeling
of stationary neutron flux oscillations induced by fuel rods vibration in a zero-power reactor …

The COLIBRI experimental program in the CROCUS reactor: characterization of the fuel rods oscillator

V Lamirand, P Frajtag, D Godat, O Pakari… - EPJ Web of …, 2020 - epj-conferences.org
The present article presents the mechanical characterization of the fuel rods oscillator
developed for the purposes of the COLIBRI experimental program in CROCUS. COLIBRI …

Design and simulation of gamma spectrometry experiments in the CROCUS reactor

O Pakari, V Lamirand, B Vandereydt… - EPJ Web of …, 2020 - epj-conferences.org
Gamma rays in nuclear reactors, arising either from fission or decay processes, significantly
contribute to the heating and dose of the reactor components. Zero power research reactors …