EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies

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Editorial E1

Christophe Béhar, Bernard Bonin and Anne Nicolas

Published online: 17 November 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-009-s-7

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Nuclear core activity reconstruction using heterogeneous instruments with data assimilation 18

Bertrand Bouriquet, Jean-Philippe Argaud, Patrick Erhard and Angélique Ponçot

Published online: 18 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50046-1

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Evaluation of relevant information for optimal reflector modeling through data assimilation procedures 17

Jean-Philippe Argaud, Bertrand Bouriquet, Thomas Clerc, Flora Lucet-Sanchez and Angélique Ponçot

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50022-3

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Helium behaviour in implanted boron carbide 16

Vianney Motte, Dominique Gosset, Sandrine Miro, Sylvie Doriot, Suzy Surblé and Nathalie Moncoffre

Published online: 16 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50007-5

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Sensitivity analysis of minor actinides transmutation to physical and technological parameters 15

Timothée Kooyman and Laurent Buiron

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50055-0

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Experimental facility for development of high-temperature reactor technology: instrumentation needs and challenges 14

Piyush Sabharwall, James E. O’Brien, SuJong Yoon and Xiaodong Sun

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50011-8

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Cooling the intact loop of primary heat transport system using Shutdown Cooling System in case of LOCA events 13

Diana Laura Icleanu, Ilie Prisecaru and Iulia Nicoleta Jianu

Published online: 11 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50024-y

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A new MV bus transfer scheme for nuclear power plants 12

Choong-Koo Chang

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50003-1

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Flexblue^® core design: optimisation of fuel poisoning for a soluble boron free core with full or half core refuelling 11

Jean-Jacques Ingremeau and Maxence Cordiez

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50025-3

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Beyond designed functional margins in CANDU type NPP. Radioactive nuclei assessment in an LOCA type accident 10

Andrei Razvan Budu and Gabriel Lazaro Pavel

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50017-8

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Safety operation of chromatography column system with discharging hydrogen radiolytically generated 9

Sou Watanabe, Yuichi Sano, Kazunori Nomura, Yoshikazu Koma and Yoshihiro Okamoto

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50006-1

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Characterization of the ion-amorphization process and thermal annealing effects on third generation SiC fibers and 6H-SiC 8

Juan Huguet-Garcia, Aurélien Jankowiak, Sandrine Miro, Renaud Podor, Estelle Meslin, Lionel Thomé, Yves Serruys and Jean-Marc Costantini

Published online: 09 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50042-9

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Possible in-vessel corium progression way in the Unit 1 of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant using a phenomenological analysis 7

Frédéric Payot and Jean-Marie Seiler

Published online: 05 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50001-5

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Preliminary accident analysis of Flexblue^® underwater reactor 6

Geoffrey Haratyk and Vincent Gourmel

Published online: 05 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50030-x

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Thermal hydraulic simulations of the Angra 2 PWR 5

Javier González-Mantecón, Antonella Lombardi Costa, Maria Auxiliadora Fortini Veloso, Claubia Pereira, Patrícia Amélia de Lima Reis, Adolfo R. Hamers and Maria Elizabeth Scari

Published online: 05 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50034-2

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Eddy current testing system for bottom mounted instrumentation welds 4

Noriyasu Kobayashi, Souichi Ueno, Naotaka Suganuma, Tatsuya Oodake, Takeshi Maehara, Takashi Kasuya and Hiroya Ichikawa

Published online: 05 December 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50043-1

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Why nuclear energy is essential to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission rates 3

Agustin Alonso, Barry W. Brook, Daniel A. Meneley, Jozef Misak, Tom Blees and Jan B. van Erp

Published online: 27 November 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50027-y

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Monte Carlo MSM correction factors for control rod worth estimates in subcritical and near-critical fast neutron reactors 2

Jean-Luc Lecouey, Anatoly Kochetkov, Antonin Krása, Peter Baeten, Vincente Bécares, Annick Billebaud, Sébastien Chabod, Thibault Chevret, Xavier Doligez, François-René Lecolley et al. (7 more)

Published online: 27 November 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50041-5

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Heterogeneous world model and collaborative scenarios of transition to globally sustainable nuclear energy systems 1

Vladimir Kuznetsov and Galina Fesenko

Published online: 27 November 2015

DOI: 10.1051/epjn/e2015-50031-2

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