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Why a D-D reaction in the Divertor Tokamak Test Facility?
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Can nuclear weapons destroy the world?
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Proton nuclear simulation issue (MCNP6)
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MCNP diagnostic X-ray tube simulation
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Proton transport problem using MCNP
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Can Zirconium from Nuclear Waste be Recycled for Other Uses?
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Is it correct to calculate the number of particles
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Critical mass for nuclear fusion
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Can Compact Fusion Reactors Power Small Cities?
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Criticality safety assessment of an abandoned plutonium lab
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How Much Heat is Produced by Radioactive Waste?
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I want to learn how to do burn up calculations for reactor
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Understanding the Impact of Cl35 on MCFR at Elysium Industries
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Help with MCNP v5 SDF Card Source Definition
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What is the size of the nuclear reactor part of a nuclear power plant
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MCNP Why does it say F5 tally is not in any cell?
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MCNP source definition question
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Question about MCNP output table of burn card
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Working as a nuclear engineer with M.Sc. Physics
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Temperature profile inside a pellet
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Thermal neutron flux distribution in reflected core
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Nuclear fuel cycle boc eoc boec eoec?
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Could Proton-Boron Fusion Revolutionize Energy Production?
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Couple Thermal-Hydraulics & Kinetics for PWR LOCA Study
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Integral Neutron Flux: Getting Results with MCNP - Juan Galicia-Aragon
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Why is differential neutron flux commonly used in nuclear reactors?
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Subcritical Reactor: An Analysis of Neutron Source Dynamics
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Graphite as a moderator in MSR and VHTR
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Power Production at Hanford N-Reactor
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Maximum scram reactivity capability
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Smallest Possible Nuclear Reactor?
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Inventory of all fission products for 50% fission of 1g U235
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Chinese fuel reprocessing plant, store Kr-85
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How Are BWR Fuel Assemblies Managed and Composed?
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Could Induced Fission Be Achieved by Combining Proton and Electron Beams?
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Can laser-driven H-B fusion be a viable alternative with no neutron output?
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Nuclear Reactor Rod Replacement Time
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Gamma ray irradiation and a shielded chamber question
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General group collapsing expression
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What happened to that report of high radiation near Russia
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3D computer model I made of the RBMK-1000 reactor
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BWR Fuel Assembly Question -- Why do BWRs have shrouds?
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Chernobyl Soviet Power Grid Post-Chernobyl
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Can scientists finally contain lightning in a bottle with a stable plasma ring?
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Chernobyl Interesting new paper on Chernobyl
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Fuel rod leak (failure) frequency
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PWR Refueling Systems and Procedures
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Multiphase flow with high Mach number
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Unit cell conversion and shape of fuel pellet
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Question about Midland Cogenerating Nuclear Power Plant
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Rotational Symmetry in MCNPX core design
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Resonance absorbtion of neutrons
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How Does the Delayed Neutron Fraction Influence Reactor Kinetics?
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Moderating Neutrons: Strong Interaction Involved?
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What are the equations for fission-based spacecraft propulsion?
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Coping with Nuclear Reactor Leakage: Lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima
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Is Temporary Storage of Nuclear Waste on Decommissioned Sites a Viable Solution?
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Decontaminating Radioactive Materials
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Uranium 235 over Polonium 210 in Nuclear Plants?
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What would mixing different radioactive materials do?
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Is a fast reactor more cost-effective than a thermal one?
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Is the Hohlraum the Key to Fusion Energy?
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Calculate mass or number of atoms based on MBq?
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Two core regions with reflector
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MCNP5 Installation Help for Scientific Linux & CentOS | Rocks Cluster Guide
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Why Does MCNP5 Behave Differently Across Operating Systems?
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Turkey Point nuclear powerplant and Irma?
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Why does the US prefer fusion warheads to fission warheads?
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March 1945 Hanford Substation Fire
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Westinghouse Bankruptcy and the Future of Nuclear Power
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Nuclear Plant Batteries: Technology, Lifespan, and Impact on Battery Advancement
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Fukushima Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
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Maximizing Am242m Production from Spent Fuel for RTG Use
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Danger and risks of fusion power
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[MCNP5] Error when use Fm, De/Dm with Fmesh
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MCNP : spatial position of interactions
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How Close Did Windscale Come to a Major Nuclear Disaster?
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How to find the best MCNP manuals?
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Variable Yield Thermonuclear Bomb Dialing
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Learning resources for LFTR (Liquid Floride Thorium Reactors)
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Educating the general public about pro nuclear energy?
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Programmes to learn for Nuclear Engineering Masters
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Chernobyl Chernobyl NPP visit radiation question
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Why Was Diffusion Selected for Eurodif?
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Fukushima Japan earthquake - contamination & consequences outside Fukushima NPP
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RBMK neutron moderation question
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Doppler effect neutron absorption
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Uranium deposit -- location techniques question
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What is the fixed cost vs. variable cost breakdown for a nuclear power plant?
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Volanic Ash and Nuclear Power Plants
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Safety regulations, Politics and Nuclear production
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MCNP5 error: Source distribution in 2 volumetric cells (help please)
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Neutron velocity, energy change time/distance
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Nuclear Quantum Theory: Neutrons as Waves in Diffusion & Transport
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Comparison of Cs, Sr and Pu fallout from meltdown
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Fusion and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation?
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What is the macroscopic cross section for natural uranium to thermal neutrons?
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About filled gas inside a Geiger Muller meter
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Is there a maximum limit for particle histories in MCNPX input files?
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How to simulate a D-D neutron generator with MCNP6?
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