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Are Nodal Methods More Accurate or Just Simplified Solutions?
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Problems associated with ex-core detectors ?
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Can You Safely Handle Alpha Radiation? The Dangers of Unprotected Exposure
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Computational Physics and Advanced Computing in Nuclear Engineering
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NE B.S. vs. NE and CHEM E joint major
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What Are the Free Alternatives to Nucleonica.net?
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What Are the Key Mysteries in Plasma Physics?
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Thermal-hydraulic codes for cores and thermal-hydraulic codes for systems
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What is the Doppler coefficient and how does it affect wave frequency?
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How can I calculate view factor using MCNP for radiation heat transfer?
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The dynamic heat transfer in tube wall
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One group neutron diffusion calculation
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What Does Imp:n=0 Mean in MCNP and How Does it Affect Tally Results?
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Experience with converting HWR fueled with NU to LEU?
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Advice for up and coming nuclear engineers
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Chemical Engineering B.S to Nuke Eng M.S?
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Producing Uranium for Peaceful vs Weapon Use: Explained
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Any concerns over recent choices of NRC Chairpeople
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Getting a job in Nuclear Engineering
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Detailed control room schematics?
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Is there any other Nuclear Engineering forum?
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Best Linux OS to install/run MCNP with MPI or MPICH
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Where can I buy a nuclear power plant section plan?
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Where Can I Find Serious Resources on Building a Neutron Producing Fusor Device?
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Feasibility of a Nuclear-Powered Locomotive
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What are the sources of neutrons in starting up a nuclear reactor?
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Relation of atomic and mass enrichment?
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Control of coolant temperature in a nuclear reactor
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Optimization of Core Loading Patterns
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Nuclear waste - is it possible to use it all via fast reactors?
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UK Plutonium Problem: Fast Reactor or MOx Plant?
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What happens when two EM waves collide on matter?
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What is measured in a fast reactor for power calculation : fast neutron flux or
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Graphite Moderator Explained: Carbon's Atomic Structure & Neutron Moderation
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I am a beginner user of MCNP and is still learning how to use it. When
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Help with MCNP5 Output Analysis
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Questions about fast reactors and nuclear waste
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Discriminators in circuits for Neutron Detection
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Information on Teller–Ulam hydrogen bomb design
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Internship in nuclear engineering for a foreign student
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Extracting Uranium from seawater
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Welcome to the PWR 1000MWe SBO TD AFW Q&A
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Any Tips for Coupling Neutronic and Thermalhydraulic Codes?
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Is a Career in Energy Consulting Realistic for Nuclear Engineers?
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How is Japan generating electricity
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Best graduate programs for GEN IV reactor design
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Scientists See Solution to Critical Barrier to Fusion
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What Factors Limit the Burn-Up of RBMK Reactor Fuel?
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Fukushima Fukushima: spent fuel pools & Hiroaki Koide
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How Can U-238 Cross Section Be Accurately Modeled in the Resonance Region?
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What level hazmat suit should be worn while tending to Uranium-238
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Grid or Generator failure - Why cant you stay online?
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How much nuclear fuel is in a nuclear sub?
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U233 immediate fission products ?
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How can I combine a business major with a minor in nuclear engineering?
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Question about nuclear engineering programs
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Incident at the Penly NPP in France
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Tabulated absorption cross sections.
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How Does Temperature Affect the Thermal Conductivity of UO2?
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Indiana Jones and nuking the fridge survival
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Obstacles to fusion energy for civilian purposes
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Fukushima The geological issues of the Fukushima Daiichi
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How radioactive is nuclear reactor waste?
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Thermal hydraulic design of nuclear reactor core
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Uncovering the Truth about Anti-Tsunami Walls in Fukushima
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What is the feasability of a Neutron Piston?
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The ionization chamber as a capacitor
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What's the Best Term for Damaged Nuclear Fuel Handling?
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What happens if the pressure in a pressurizer exceeds 15MPa?
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Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.
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Where Can I Learn About Neutron Flux in Finite Mediums?
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Has BWR Fuel Development Increased RIA Risk During Nuclear Heating?
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Hafnium neutron Absorber [Nuclear reactor design]
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Hi every body, i'm working and calculating the keff, and total
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Gas Field Detectors: Explaining Electron-Balance-Compensation & Chamber Types
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Belt and Suspenders thread - what safety upgrades should older BWRs get?
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Secondary water condition entering the SG
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Californium(Cf)-252 shielding design
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Fukushima Fukushima and the dangers of going to Japan
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What is the difference between Nuclear Fission and Fusion?
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Can Gamma Radiation Be Focused Using Reflective Materials?
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Can a Simple Cold Fusion Reactor Save Our Dying Planet?
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Station Blackout: Q&A on Causes and Effects
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Can Ferrofluids Be Used in Tokamak or Spheromak Fusion Devices?
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Introduction of nuclear reactor physics summer 2012
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Large early release frequency LERF
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Is Computer Science Integral to the Nuclear Industry?
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What are the potential risks of radiation exposure from dental x-rays?
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Thoughts on nuclear power and disasters [long, rant/tangenty]
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Neutron induced Swelling tutorials in ANSYS
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Factoring Fuel generation is nuclear energy still a viable solution
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Quick Question Regarding the cost of Nuclear Reprocessing
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Nuclear Power Plant Spent Fuel Types
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Thorium alternative to nuclear fuel
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The ratio of Pu238 and O2 in Plutonium dioxide?
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Principle of Zr radiation resistance
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Fukushima Are US Nuclear Power Plants Prepared for Earthquakes?
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