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Chernobyl Did Chernobyl divers prevent a multi megaton explosion?
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Changing KMESH/KINTS from azimuthal to polar direction in MCNP6
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How do I turn on model physics in MCNP6 to solve a fatal error?
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PET/CT Gamma Ray Protection with Lead Apron
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What to do with Depleted Uranium?
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Reactor fail-safe shutdown at any power density?
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MCNP4c2: Fission Reactions in a Spherical Subcritical Reactor
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Computer simulation of MSR work
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MCNP5 vs MCNP6.2 syntax difference
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MCNP error surface 0 not found for cell 101
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Chernobyl How Accurate is HBO's Chernobyl in Explaining Nuclear Reactor Physics?
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Analytical solution to mono-group kinetics with a ramp of reactivity
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Chernobyl Could Material be Retrieved from Chernobyl's Elephant's Foot?
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What are some ways net positive muon catalyzed fusion can be realized?
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Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT)
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Question about PET scans (Positron emission tomography)
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Chernobyl Alternative to generators to prevent the Chernobyl disaster
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Chernobyl How did this worker approach this fuel mass at Chernobyl?
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Why isn't tungsten used in nuclear reactors?
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Resonance escape probability after a change in temperature
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Why isn't Thorium used for reactor fuel rods?
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Fusion power generation: percentage of neutrons expected to be caught?
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When can I use the prompt jump approximation?
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Calculating the integrated Beta dose in dense materials (radiolysis)
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Chernobyl Why does radiation taste like metal?
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Safe zero base reactivity level nuclear fission reactor?
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At NIF what is the shape of the 1st stage of the plasma
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MSRE prompt supercriticality event, looking for information
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Could Radioisotope Thermoelectric generators power electric cars?
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To use Genpmaxs for PARCS XS generation
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What's the "Control System Tank" in RBMK
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"No tally, no plot" error MCNP6
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Mechanical loads on ITER's magnetic coils
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Does FMESH in MCNP support spherical geometry with the TMESH tally?
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Brachytherapy source specifications
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Understanding the Adjoint Multigroup Diffusion Equation
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"Y plus" calculator value for a fuel bundle
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MCNP6 Disc Source Setup: Troubleshoot 0 Counts
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Recommend topic about magnetic confinement in fusion
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Very specific AGR reactor core question
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TUBRNP (Transuranus/FRAPCON) model
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Neutron's crow flight distance & 2° moment of a distribution
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A valve changing area in RELAP5
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Alternative for lithium in Deuterium-Tritium fusion power
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China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST)
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Is Building a Mini Tokamak Fusion Reactor in My Garage Feasible?
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Difference between system subchannel and CFD codes
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How Does Tokamak Plasma Heating Work and Can Reactive Power Improve Efficiency?
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Proper simulation code for a Nuclear Reactor core
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Which Tally type should I use in MCNP6?
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Neutron moderation in a Hydrogen medium and scattering
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What if we had commercial fusion power?
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Deficiencies in Vised compared with MCNP
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How Does Oxygen Transform into Nitrogen in ITER's Fusion Reactor?
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Questions about Neutron scattering theory
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Did the Tokaimura Criticality Incident Create an AHR?
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About the heat carrier in a nuclear reactor
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MCNP ignoring particle histories
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Problem with F5, FT5 and FU5 card in MCNP
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MCNP neutron energy deposition in water
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Where can I find the photon yield/intensity values for MCNP6 simulations?
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Struggling with MCNP problem
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Struggling to understand cell cards in MCNP
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MCNPX - problem in cross-section
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Understanding MCNP Output File: Mean Alpha Energy and Particle Distribution
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Why Am I Getting a Fatal Error and Warnings in MCNP6?
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Can Nuclear Secrets Truly Remain Confidential?
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Current State of Nuclear Fusion Power
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Geiger (or other ionizing ray) Probe for Vacuum Conditions
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E' vs. E_2 Neutron Scattering and Logarithmic Energy Loss
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Alternative to MCNP for modeling alpha particles?
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Void Coefficient: Why Is It Negative in US Reactors?
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MCNP: Scoring Energy Fluence on a Radiograph Planar Grid
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Can New Isotope Methods Improve Neutron Confinement in Nuclear Reactors?
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What Are the Key Components of Spheromak Configurations in Plasma Physics?
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Absorbtivity thickness conversion
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Looking for excited state gamma emission data on everything?
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Building a Honeycomb Structure in MCNP: Error Solving
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MCNPX - Question in SDEF card about AXS and EXT
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Commercially Feasible Fusion Reactor
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MCNPX - How calculate Kerma (kinetic energy released per unit mass) in Air?
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Help Needed: Magnetic Inertial Hybrid Fusion Reactor
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Liquid temperature increases when flowing through a 100% efficient pump?
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Light Emission from Materials in MCNP Simulations
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Neutron capture and fission reaction
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Radioactivity level in the coolant water
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Russian style nuclear powered drive for a space ship?
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Pin-by-pin core simulations without spatial homogenization
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Unraveling the Mystery of Neutron Flux Integration and Vector Resolution
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North Korean Nuclear Weapons, why enrichment?
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Doubts with the MCNP software for my thesis
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Chernobyl Cesium 137 Half-Life vs. Chernobyl Contamination
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Granular load factor statistics for the Palo Verde plant
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Nuclear waste comparison between LWR and HWR
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Could a nuclear battery (RTG) be simulated by MCNP5?
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CNO fusion using particle accelerator?
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Boiling fluoride thorium reactor
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Relap5 temporary license has expired
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Resource(s) for commercial transuranic waste composition?
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Where can I find d-d reaction cross-section data for higher energies?
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