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Absorbtivity thickness conversion

  • PlasMav
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Looking for excited state gamma emission data on everything?

  • mesa
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Building a Honeycomb Structure in MCNP: Error Solving

  • oksuz_
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MCNPX - Question in SDEF card about AXS and EXT

  • Alexander Camargo
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Commercially Feasible Fusion Reactor

  • lekh2003
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MCNPX - How calculate Kerma (kinetic energy released per unit mass) in Air?

  • Alexander Camargo
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Help Needed: Magnetic Inertial Hybrid Fusion Reactor

  • KFM
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Light Emission from Materials in MCNP Simulations

  • oksuz_
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Neutron capture and fission reaction

  • dRic2
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Radioactivity level in the coolant water

  • oksuz_
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Russian style nuclear powered drive for a space ship?

  • consuli
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Pin-by-pin core simulations without spatial homogenization

  • Syed Alam
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Unraveling the Mystery of Neutron Flux Integration and Vector Resolution

  • random_soldier
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North Korean Nuclear Weapons, why enrichment?

  • IDNeon
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Doubts with the MCNP software for my thesis

  • Geovanny Gutierrez
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Chernobyl Cesium 137 Half-Life vs. Chernobyl Contamination

  • Mackenzie Cobb
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Efficiency of Base Load Power Plants

  • bgm
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Granular load factor statistics for the Palo Verde plant

  • bgm
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Nuclear waste comparison between LWR and HWR

  • oksuz_
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Could a nuclear battery (RTG) be simulated by MCNP5?

  • Al-mutawakel
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CNO fusion using particle accelerator?

  • jcap
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Boiling fluoride thorium reactor

  • dgjxqz
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What are benefits of Electricity of nuclear power plant

  • TNUTUNU
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Relap5 temporary license has expired

  • madhisoka
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Resource(s) for commercial transuranic waste composition?

  • mesa
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Where can I find d-d reaction cross-section data for higher energies?

  • oksuz_
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Why a D-D reaction in the Divertor Tokamak Test Facility?

  • Giuliavaleria
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Can nuclear weapons destroy the world?

  • peterlars
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Proton nuclear simulation issue (MCNP6)

  • evjanuclear
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MCNP diagnostic X-ray tube simulation

  • Eva Eva Eva
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Proton transport problem using MCNP

  • Antonio_A
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Can Zirconium from Nuclear Waste be Recycled for Other Uses?

  • dgjxqz
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Is it correct to calculate the number of particles

  • Ericdjs
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Critical mass for nuclear fusion

  • Methavix
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Can Compact Fusion Reactors Power Small Cities?

  • Deacon James
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Criticality safety assessment of an abandoned plutonium lab

  • richphys
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How Much Heat is Produced by Radioactive Waste?

  • Ilya Furman
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I want to learn how to do burn up calculations for reactor

  • Potter
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Understanding the Impact of Cl35 on MCFR at Elysium Industries

  • KangOfCanada
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Help with MCNP v5 SDF Card Source Definition

  • Rahma
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What is the size of the nuclear reactor part of a nuclear power plant

  • Fabio Pastorino
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MCNP Why does it say F5 tally is not in any cell?

  • llatosz
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MCNP source definition question

  • llatosz
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Question about MCNP output table of burn card

  • Dedu
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Working as a nuclear engineer with M.Sc. Physics

  • Guan
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Temperature profile inside a pellet

  • oksuz_
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Thermal neutron flux distribution in reflected core

  • oksuz_
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Nuclear fuel cycle boc eoc boec eoec?

  • Yoo Heesang
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Could Proton-Boron Fusion Revolutionize Energy Production?

  • nakedput
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Couple Thermal-Hydraulics & Kinetics for PWR LOCA Study

  • madhisoka
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Integral Neutron Flux: Getting Results with MCNP - Juan Galicia-Aragon

  • Juan Aragon
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Why is differential neutron flux commonly used in nuclear reactors?

  • oksuz_
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Subcritical Reactor: An Analysis of Neutron Source Dynamics

  • oksuz_
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Graphite as a moderator in MSR and VHTR

  • oksuz_
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Power Production at Hanford N-Reactor

  • Delta Force
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Maximum scram reactivity capability

  • Syed Alam
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Smallest Possible Nuclear Reactor?

  • Delta Force
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Inventory of all fission products for 50% fission of 1g U235

  • Wallace Chan
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Chinese fuel reprocessing plant, store Kr-85

  • Enthalpy
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How Are BWR Fuel Assemblies Managed and Composed?

  • girts
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Could Induced Fission Be Achieved by Combining Proton and Electron Beams?

  • jlefevre76
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Nuclear Reactor Rod Replacement Time

  • David Berger
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Gamma ray irradiation and a shielded chamber question

  • girts
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General group collapsing expression

  • madhisoka
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Which Type of Geothermal Power System is the Best?

  • chemisthypnos
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What happened to that report of high radiation near Russia

  • HowlerMonkey
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3D computer model I made of the RBMK-1000 reactor

  • ElliotSmith
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BWR Fuel Assembly Question -- Why do BWRs have shrouds?

  • Kirk Truax
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Chernobyl Soviet Power Grid Post-Chernobyl

  • Delta Force
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Chernobyl Interesting new paper on Chernobyl

  • jimgraber
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Fuel rod leak (failure) frequency

  • mheslep
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PWR Refueling Systems and Procedures

  • Kirk Truax
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Multiphase flow with high Mach number

  • Raj Kiran
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Unit cell conversion and shape of fuel pellet

  • oksuz_
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Question about Midland Cogenerating Nuclear Power Plant

  • Delta Force
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Rotational Symmetry in MCNPX core design

  • Perwaz Hussain
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Resonance absorbtion of neutrons

  • oksuz_
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How Does the Delayed Neutron Fraction Influence Reactor Kinetics?

  • oksuz_
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Moderating Neutrons: Strong Interaction Involved?

  • oksuz_
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What are the equations for fission-based spacecraft propulsion?

  • Arjun Wasan
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Coping with Nuclear Reactor Leakage: Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima

  • gilakmesum
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Is Temporary Storage of Nuclear Waste on Decommissioned Sites a Viable Solution?

  • John d Marano
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Decontaminating Radioactive Materials

  • brianempson
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Uranium 235 over Polonium 210 in Nuclear Plants?

  • Physics-GEEK
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What would mixing different radioactive materials do?

  • COWilliam
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Is a fast reactor more cost-effective than a thermal one?

  • girts
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Is the Hohlraum the Key to Fusion Energy?

  • Robert Ott
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Calculate mass or number of atoms based on MBq?

  • beany_bot
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Two core regions with reflector

  • EricaS
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MCNP5 Installation Help for Scientific Linux & CentOS | Rocks Cluster Guide

  • junaidarshad
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Why Does MCNP5 Behave Differently Across Operating Systems?

  • junaidarshad
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Turkey Point nuclear powerplant and Irma?

  • PFreader
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Why does the US prefer fusion warheads to fission warheads?

  • Involute
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March 1945 Hanford Substation Fire

  • Delta Force
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Westinghouse Bankruptcy and the Future of Nuclear Power

  • gleem
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Fukushima Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

  • Bryan 1
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