Nuclear Engineering Forum

Post thread
Join other experts in discussion on nuclear engineering. Topics on design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors. Radiation Protections, Radioactive Waste, Design, Reactors as well!
HTR fuel irradiation experiments at IVV-2M, HFR, R2, AVR and Dragon reactors
  • BessieM
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Chernobyl The steps of Chernobyl and effects of radiation
  • the_force
  • · Replies 74 ·
3
Replies
74
Liquid Sodium Cooling Loop Piping Material
  • Andronicus1717
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
MITEE - Miniature Reactor Engine
  • 9V-SYA
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Finding a Solution to Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • ThienAn
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
Can Plutonium from a Reactor be Reused?
  • renigade666
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Calculating amount of fissionable material needed for reactor
  • engineer23
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Calculating Fissile Plutonium output to estimate nuclear capability of a country
  • diabolic
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
What is the Density of 5% Enriched Uranium?
  • engineer23
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
What nuclear fission reactor design has the least environmental impact?
  • ensabah6
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Request Handbook: Soil Erosion & Sedimentation w/ Radionuclides
  • tdkhoa
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Calculating Probability of Failure for a Series Cooling Circuit | Dear Folks
  • Lucky mkhonza
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Modeling the Potential Dose Rates of Dropped Irradiated Hardware in BWR-5 Plants
  • JTG
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Contemporary issues in crit safety?
  • tehfrr
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Fusion Power: How Long to Solve & Commercialize? | Expert Q&A
  • wildman
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Australian research reactor fuel problem
  • curie
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Melt Wire Experiments: AVR Fuel Testing Analysis Explained
  • Maokeng
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Alpha Gloveboxes: Shielding for Alpha Particle Interactions
  • Andronicus1717
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Developing a simple program to solve the diffusion equation
  • libertad
  • · Replies 35 ·
2
Replies
35
Nitrogen in PWR: Role & Equilibrium Activity
  • Maokeng
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
How does a Betavoltaic Laptop Fuel Cell work?
  • Andronicus1717
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Gamma energies from fast neutron activation.
  • theCandyman
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Factors to Consider in Long Term Reactivity Control for PWRs
  • libertad
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
  • daveb
  • · Replies 24 ·
Replies
24
Engineering Red Tape: Can an Accelerator be Exempt?
  • lilrex
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
How Does Neutron Diffusion Theory Apply to Slab Reactors with Reflectors?
  • theCandyman
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
What are the lessons learned from nuclear reactor design and analysis?
  • Azael
  • · Replies 37 ·
2
Replies
37
How is energy conserved in an accelerator?
  • lilrex
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Radionuclides instead of batteries?
  • Azael
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
I WANT to build a nuclear reactor.
  • amberb617
  • · Replies 60 ·
3
Replies
60
UHV System Issues: Seeking Advice
  • tigigi
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Why Is Helium Preferred Over Nitrogen in High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors?
  • Azael
  • · Replies 20 ·
Replies
20
French Nuclear Engineering Books: A Reader's Guide
  • Milentije
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Fusion Power: Breaking the Coulomb Barrier
  • Potaire
  • · Replies 35 ·
2
Replies
35
Safety of Americium in Fast Reactors
  • vanesch
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Reactor Core Rod Assembly: Hexagonal Arrangement Benefits?
  • Andronicus1717
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Can You Analyze Reactor Kinetics with Non-Stationary Initial Conditions?
  • caldus2311
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Reusability of Radioactive Waste?
  • Smacal1072
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Cross Sections for Neutron Scattering in Different Frames
  • vanesch
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Prospect for Nuclear Power Industry in US
  • ohwilleke
  • · Replies 91 ·
4
Replies
91
Learning How Nuclear Reactors Work/Are Constructed
  • NeoDevin
  • · Replies 8 ·
Replies
8
Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Reactors
  • sanman
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Nuclear History - Past and Present
  • Vyacheslav
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Is It Time to Reconsider Anti-Nuclear Laws?
  • malawi_glenn
  • · Replies 47 ·
2
Replies
47
  • Poll Poll
Level of enforced secrecy in nuclear physics
  • jackle
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Atom Interferometry for Nuclear Reactions
  • sanman
  • · Replies 36 ·
2
Replies
36
Does the fusion process cause a chain reaction?
  • waldo72
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Nuclear energy hot topic once again $7 billlion seriously?
  • ensabah6
  • · Replies 21 ·
Replies
21
Calibration of ion flow chambre
  • Milentije
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
High-Yield Fusion Closer to Reality with Revolutionary LTD System
  • Astronuc
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Has the cost of uranium soared in the past few years?
  • ensabah6
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Is Nuclear Power an Eminent Threat to Health and Well-Being?
  • ensabah6
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Create Accurate MCNP Phantom Templates for Radiation Dose Calculations
  • tehfrr
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Exploring Neutron Population in Sub-Critical Reactor with Heavy Water Reflector
  • relayer
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Six group point kinetic equation
  • caldus2311
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Genie 2000 - Find FWTM Paramenter from CAM Files
  • Vicu
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Explore NSD Fusion GmbH's Product & Design Approach
  • mheslep
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Engineering and hands on work? (nuclear)
  • tehfrr
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Food Irradiation Shielding Calculation for MPD
  • The Prince
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Permeability of various material to Radon gas
  • ChrisLeslie
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Can grinding and mixing nuclear waste solve the problem?
  • Atomos
  • · Replies 30 ·
2
Replies
30
Nuclear Missles and destruction?
  • PhysicsJoe101
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Nuclear fusion and bernouilli's principle
  • Rothiemurchus
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Nuclear Fusion Idea - Unlock the Future!
  • Aero Stud
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Toxcicity of Plutonium and Bernard Cohen
  • Azael
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Atomic bombs and radiation in TV shows
  • fhidiort
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
What's the status of fusion energy? (not CF )
  • Chi Meson
  • · Replies 20 ·
Replies
20
Planning future use of nuclear waste
  • Andrew Mason
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Once through nuclear fission designs seems horribly wasteful & polluting
  • ensabah6
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Asymmetric Fission: Why It's Not Symmetric
  • Nomy-the wanderer
  • · Replies 12 ·
Replies
12
Can Tokamak Reactors Achieve Break-Even Fusion?
  • user01
  • · Replies 17 ·
Replies
17
Expert Opinions on Choosing a Grad School Direction in Nuclear Engineering
  • tehfrr
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Help with Strange Reaction on He-4
  • vanesch
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Presentation on Nuclear Reactors
  • wk1989
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Atom Structure: Electron, Nucleus, Vacuum?
  • i.mehrzad
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2
Light water coolant is at a supercritical pressure at 25MP
  • Milentije
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Who had the means and motive to use Polonium-210 as a weapon?
  • Rach3
  • · Replies 17 ·
Replies
17
Neutron to start the chain reaction
  • sstone
  • · Replies 50 ·
2
Replies
50
A technical question: Turbine run back.
  • Nomy-the wanderer
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Radon Emission from Uranium Deposits
  • Mr_Bojingles
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Wind Power - Reliable? vs Nuclear? Effect on Grid.
  • Homer Simpson
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
How to tell if an isotope is radioactive
  • dionysian
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
Discover the Innovative GCFTR Concept from Georgia Tech's NRE Program
  • theCandyman
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Is there enough Fuel for Nuclear Power?
  • Andrew Mason
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Weighted delayed neutron fraction?
  • curie
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Nuclear waste storage container may not be as stable
  • ZapperZ
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Wigner Effect in Metallic Lattices
  • nickandre
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
Metalic Uranium as a Fuel: Reactor Types and Disadvantages
  • The Prince
  • · Replies 11 ·
Replies
11
Prospects for Nuclear Energy - International
  • Astronuc
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
How does one acquire isotopically pure elements?
  • tehfrr
  • · Replies 17 ·
Replies
17
Abundance of deuterium vs tritium
  • AA Institute
  • · Replies 21 ·
Replies
21
Texts in Nuclear Science and Energy
  • Astronuc
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Thorium Accelerator Driven Nuclear Power - Why not ?
  • Darryl
  • · Replies 37 ·
2
Replies
37
Burnup rate and Consumption rate
  • The Prince
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Why Is PU-239 Preferred in Nuclear Weapons Over Other Fissionable Isotopes?
  • The Prince
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Can Iodine Be a Viable Alternative for Fissionable Isotopes?
  • bananan
  • · Replies 48 ·
2
Replies
48
MIT Nuclear Engineering Students - Contact for Textbooks
  • The Prince
  • · Replies 5 ·
Replies
5
Where Can I Find Nuclear Well Logging and MRI Animations for Presentations?
  • The Prince
  • · Replies 3 ·
Replies
3
What can we expect from SNC '07 at the 2007 ANS Annual Meeting?
  • Astronuc
  • · Replies 7 ·
Replies
7
First criticality and initial heat-up of the reactor core
  • Lucky mkhonza
  • · Replies 2 ·
Replies
2