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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!

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Xenon poisoning (negative xenon load varies with core burnup)

Sanjay94
May 31, 2021 · Replies 1 · May 31, 2021

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Nuclear Power Usage: Hear What Others Know.

AndrewAndrew
May 4, 2021 · Replies 42 · May 17, 2021

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Are fluorescent dyes radioactive?

justamom
May 10, 2021 · Replies 20 · May 16, 2021

Replies: 20

Tidal Wave generated by Nuclear Weapon

crashDx
Mar 26, 2016 · Replies 18 · May 7, 2021

Replies: 18

3D model I made of the Fukushima Daiichi control room

ElliotSmith
Apr 16, 2021 · Replies 1 · Apr 16, 2021

Replies: 1

Have you heard about the French Fusion Reactor?

Xilus
Mar 20, 2021 · Replies 14 · Apr 12, 2021

Replies: 14

How to Calculate Absolute Gamma Probability from Relative Intensities?

HaniNaber
Mar 28, 2021 · Replies 4 · Mar 28, 2021

Replies: 4

NRC Event Report SCRAM Code help

Northmeadow
Mar 16, 2021 · Replies 3 · Mar 21, 2021

Replies: 3

Point Kinetics for Linear Insertion of Reactivity

a1234
Mar 12, 2021 · Replies 1 · Mar 12, 2021

Replies: 1

MNCP5 error: Program Exception - stack overflow

ytaiwo85
Mar 4, 2021 · Replies 1 · Mar 4, 2021

Replies: 1

Is my used Geiger counter radioactive?

justamom
Feb 25, 2021 · Replies 66 · Feb 27, 2021

3

Replies: 66

What is FOGBANK and its role in the US nuclear arsenal?

cmb
Feb 13, 2021 · Replies 6 · Feb 21, 2021

Replies: 6

Could directed energy revolutionize hybrid heating systems in tokamaks?

Andrewtv848
Jan 28, 2021 · Replies 10 · Feb 18, 2021

Replies: 10

[Fusion] Basic concept behind the Stellarator

Meaning
Feb 9, 2021 · Replies 1 · Feb 16, 2021

Replies: 1

3D model I made of the Three Mile Island control room

ElliotSmith
Dec 21, 2019 · Replies 6 · Feb 15, 2021

Replies: 6

MCNP 6.2: Fission Product Recoil/Transport

TheNE
Jan 22, 2021 · Replies 3 · Jan 30, 2021

Replies: 3

Using a minimized nuclear reactor for further space travel

Interested user
Jan 28, 2021 · Replies 5 · Jan 28, 2021

Replies: 5

Can Flame Jets Effectively Constrain Plasma in Fusion Reactors?

Andrewtv848
Jan 26, 2021 · Replies 3 · Jan 26, 2021

Replies: 3

Is MCNP capable of scoring fission spectrum?

froztiz
Jan 19, 2021 · Replies 2 · Jan 24, 2021

Replies: 2

U-Shaped Coil Tokamak: Poloidal Field Control

artis
Jan 18, 2021 · Replies 4 · Jan 23, 2021

Replies: 4

Is this an idea or a device? (fusion plasma confinement configuration)

bayakiv
Jan 13, 2021 · Replies 4 · Jan 17, 2021

Replies: 4

Limiting Factors for Liner Implosion in Z Machine Fusion

artis
Nov 15, 2020 · Replies 2 · Jan 11, 2021

Replies: 2

Chg_mem error problem with MCNP

zhangxm
Nov 5, 2020 · Replies 6 · Jan 7, 2021

Replies: 6

Principle of Nuclear Fission Direct Energy Conversion

Aakash Sunkari
Nov 26, 2020 · Replies 5 · Jan 5, 2021

Replies: 5

KSTAR recent result and breakeven

jimgraber
Jan 1, 2021 · Replies 3 · Jan 1, 2021

Replies: 3

Radiation effects/damage in structural alloys and ceramics

Astronuc
Dec 24, 2020 · Replies 0 · Dec 24, 2020

Replies: 0

Modeling PWR Core With Spacer Grid

Amjad78
Oct 18, 2019 · Replies 16 · Nov 22, 2020

Replies: 16

What will be the economic purpose of modular reactors?

BenKlesc
Nov 11, 2020 · Replies 11 · Nov 13, 2020

Replies: 11

CAMAC crate electronics - Where were/are they used?

Christoffer B
Oct 16, 2020 · Replies 8 · Oct 25, 2020

Replies: 8

Hydrogen Fusion Engine: Steel Sphere & Sulfuric Acid

Bruce Haawkins
Oct 22, 2020 · Replies 5 · Oct 22, 2020

Replies: 5

Tokamak question: What happens when you shine a laser on the plasma?

Fishpig
Oct 13, 2020 · Replies 4 · Oct 22, 2020

Replies: 4

How to use mesh tally in MCNPX to calculate dose?

LeeGru
Oct 19, 2020 · Replies 3 · Oct 21, 2020

Replies: 3

Does neutron embrittlement pose a real threat in this century?

BenKlesc
Oct 8, 2020 · Replies 5 · Oct 12, 2020

Replies: 5

MCNP5, dose calculation, subcritical system

Kashif
Aug 28, 2020 · Replies 2 · Sep 17, 2020

Replies: 2

Magnetic mirror: pentagon or hexagon toroid?

artis
Jun 28, 2020 · Replies 6 · Sep 17, 2020

Replies: 6

Russian rocket accident releases radiation

Baluncore
Aug 10, 2019 · Replies 97 · Sep 12, 2020

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Replies: 97

Basic understanding of Graphite-Water reactors

mccannta
Sep 10, 2020 · Replies 1 · Sep 10, 2020

Replies: 1

Magnetic mirror concept -- electrons vs ions

artis
Sep 9, 2020 · Replies 1 · Sep 9, 2020

Replies: 1

How to Fix SSR Card Error in MCNP Using RSSA File?

TTA
May 10, 2016 · Replies 2 · Aug 8, 2020

Replies: 2

Fukushima or BWR expert opinion needed

R_Spc
Jul 31, 2020 · Replies 10 · Aug 4, 2020

Replies: 10

First-Year Undergraduate Nuclear Fusion Advice for Experience?

hdt21
Jul 23, 2020 · Replies 4 · Jul 31, 2020

Replies: 4

Question about Molten Salt Fast Reactors

Tom Holtsnider
Jun 24, 2020 · Replies 2 · Jun 30, 2020

Replies: 2

Question：What is the difference between flux and current?

LeeGru
Jun 27, 2020 · Replies 4 · Jun 28, 2020

Replies: 4

How to measure the activity of a radioactive source

dRic2
Jun 8, 2020 · Replies 25 · Jun 20, 2020

Replies: 25

SLOWFAST, reactor being both slow and fast

artis
Jun 15, 2020 · Replies 11 · Jun 19, 2020

Replies: 11

How Did University of Tehran Researchers Gain Access to MCNP Software?

random_soldier
Jun 18, 2020 · Replies 4 · Jun 18, 2020

Replies: 4

Nuclear weapon detonator physics

artis
May 29, 2020 · Replies 4 · May 31, 2020

Replies: 4

Software for nuclear cross-section measurement and Irradiation yield

Rifat amin
May 26, 2020 · Replies 1 · May 27, 2020

Replies: 1

Calculating Organ Dose w/ FMESE4+FM

weiyuan
Apr 24, 2020 · Replies 1 · May 21, 2020

Replies: 1

Could anyone help me with my problem, my MCNPX simulation is not working

Ericdjs
May 12, 2020 · Replies 2 · May 19, 2020

Replies: 2

Pulsed Tokamak Fusion: Net Energy Gain Possibility?

artis
Apr 15, 2020 · Replies 5 · Apr 20, 2020

Replies: 5

Can a Fission Fragment rocket be designed without a moderator?

Al_
Apr 12, 2020 · Replies 20 · Apr 14, 2020

Replies: 20

Nuclear Chain Reaction Conditions

jugren
Apr 10, 2020 · Replies 6 · Apr 11, 2020

Replies: 6

Chernobyl What Are the Key Operational and Safety Features of the Chernobyl RBMK Reactor?

Marko7
Mar 27, 2020 · Replies 17 · Apr 6, 2020

Replies: 17

MCNP Fatal Error: Troubleshooting Guide

LeeGru
Mar 30, 2020 · Replies 2 · Apr 1, 2020

Replies: 2

Delayed neutron energy spectrum

snorkack
Mar 21, 2020 · Replies 1 · Mar 23, 2020

Replies: 1

Pressures and Temperatures Required for Fusion

korneld
Mar 18, 2020 · Replies 1 · Mar 18, 2020

Replies: 1

How Do Molten Salt Reactors Start and Mitigate Thermal Gradients?

essenmein
Feb 21, 2020 · Replies 14 · Mar 10, 2020

Replies: 14

MCNP keff > 1.0 depletion question

Caden
Feb 25, 2020 · Replies 3 · Feb 27, 2020

Replies: 3

You heard about "The Sheared Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch"

Lord of plasma
Jan 26, 2020 · Replies 4 · Feb 18, 2020

Replies: 4

Radiation-eating fungus at Chernoble

Tom.G
Feb 6, 2020 · Replies 1 · Feb 7, 2020

Replies: 1

Fast reactors: How can they work without a moderator?

artis
Feb 3, 2020 · Replies 3 · Feb 3, 2020

Replies: 3

Calculating Roentgens from an X-Ray source

neanderthalphysics
Jan 29, 2020 · Replies 7 · Jan 31, 2020

Replies: 7

Use of tally with surfaces and macrobodies in MCNP

Geovanny Gutierrez
Oct 24, 2018 · Replies 1 · Jan 23, 2020

Replies: 1

Radiation shielded Go-Pro camera sent through electron beam irradiator

ElliotSmith
Jan 22, 2020 · Replies 7 · Jan 22, 2020

Replies: 7

How much energy does it take to make fissile material?

sillycow
Jan 7, 2020 · Replies 6 · Jan 12, 2020

Replies: 6

Help with error please: "dump 1 on file" on MCNP

chang-ho
Jan 8, 2020 · Replies 3 · Jan 8, 2020

Replies: 3

Breeder fuel efficiency question

essenmein
Nov 19, 2019 · Replies 16 · Jan 8, 2020

Replies: 16

What Are The Economics Of Pebble Bed Reactors

bhobba
Sep 27, 2019 · Replies 26 · Jan 6, 2020

Replies: 26

Looking for chart paper for a TRIGA MKI

mesa
Dec 17, 2019 · Replies 3 · Jan 6, 2020

Replies: 3

Nuclear backpack bomb, glow in the dark paint

Jeremy Thomson
Dec 25, 2019 · Replies 3 · Jan 6, 2020

Replies: 3

How would electricity be generated from a nuclear fusion reactor?

ElliotSmith
Jun 19, 2019 · Replies 35 · Dec 31, 2019

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Replies: 35

"Unexpected error in file" in MCNP

khary23
Dec 14, 2019 · Replies 13 · Dec 16, 2019

Replies: 13

What materials are used for the tokamak toroid wall?

artis
Dec 7, 2019 · Replies 4 · Dec 8, 2019

Replies: 4

High pressure gas discharge fusion

artis
Dec 4, 2019 · Replies 8 · Dec 7, 2019

Replies: 8

Did they ever build the RBMKP-2400 or 4800 reactors?

ElliotSmith
Nov 25, 2019 · Replies 2 · Dec 2, 2019

Replies: 2

Fission products released from failed fuel rods in a PWR

Pengtaofu
Nov 19, 2019 · Replies 7 · Nov 25, 2019

Replies: 7

Neutron flux in coolant and fuel pin in PWR

Pengtaofu
Nov 7, 2016 · Replies 3 · Nov 20, 2019

Replies: 3

Question about proportional counters for gamma rays

neanderthalphysics
Nov 17, 2019 · Replies 4 · Nov 18, 2019

Replies: 4

Does radioactive decay exhibit stimulated emission?

neanderthalphysics
Nov 17, 2019 · Replies 1 · Nov 17, 2019

Replies: 1

Ways of getting rid of nuclear waste

Jmarie
Nov 7, 2019 · Replies 29 · Nov 17, 2019

Replies: 29

Geometry error: no intersection found in mcnp

khary23
Nov 1, 2019 · Replies 3 · Nov 9, 2019

Replies: 3

MCNP: mesh with weight window generator

Deb
Nov 7, 2019 · Replies 1 · Nov 8, 2019

Replies: 1

Relating the Gamma Constant to the absorbed dose

khary23
Jul 2, 2019 · Replies 12 · Nov 3, 2019

Replies: 12

Laser pulses could reduce the half-life of nuclear waste to just 30 minutes

ElliotSmith
Oct 29, 2019 · Replies 9 · Nov 1, 2019

Replies: 9

Why did they use Boron at Chernobyl?

Jimmy87
Oct 30, 2019 · Replies 11 · Oct 31, 2019

Replies: 11

Forrtl: severe <157> : program exception -access violation MCNP6

khary23
Oct 19, 2019 · Replies 38 · Oct 28, 2019

2

Replies: 38

Fresh Water from Nuclear Desalination Plants

Paulanddiw
Mar 31, 2008 · Replies 11 · Oct 22, 2019

Replies: 11

MCNP6 is not printing an MCTAL file

khary23
Oct 18, 2019 · Replies 5 · Oct 21, 2019

Replies: 5

Alkali Metal Thermal Electric Conversion (AMTEC)

sanman
Sep 17, 2009 · Replies 4 · Oct 20, 2019

Replies: 4

The Economics of Nuclear Energy

Andrew Mason
Dec 2, 2006 · Replies 19 · Oct 18, 2019

Replies: 19

Linear Vs. Exponential Doubling Time in a Breeder

terryphi
Feb 1, 2013 · Replies 1 · Oct 18, 2019

Replies: 1

Inventory of Cs-137 in Reactor Shutdown on 1/1/2009

kirilrost
Dec 16, 2011 · Replies 3 · Oct 18, 2019

Replies: 3

How do gas core nuclear reactors work?

Urvabara
Jun 12, 2008 · Replies 3 · Oct 18, 2019

Replies: 3

Degrees of freedom in the energy density formula for black body radiation

goldbloom55
Nov 10, 2011 · Replies 1 · Oct 16, 2019

Replies: 1

Chernobyl Would Chernobyl reactor #4 still have exploded if....

ElliotSmith
Oct 15, 2019 · Replies 9 · Oct 16, 2019

Replies: 9

Types of fusion reactors and how they work?

Xforce
Oct 6, 2019 · Replies 7 · Oct 8, 2019

Replies: 7

Can a fusion reactor experience a Chernobyl-like situation?

GTOM
Mar 29, 2018 · Replies 17 · Oct 8, 2019

Replies: 17

Fusion Plasma Trap: Capturing Neutral & Quasi-Neutral Plasmas

artis
Oct 3, 2019 · Replies 8 · Oct 5, 2019

Replies: 8

MCNP: Is it possible to make a "hole" in an fmesh tally?

ssapp
Oct 4, 2019 · Replies 1 · Oct 4, 2019

Replies: 1

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