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Performance Analysis of a Naval Reactor for Nuclear Powered Ship
Abstract: AbstractNuclear power-driven ships are becoming progressively more popular in advancing ship technology. Nuclear ships use naval reactors, which have lower fuel costs and last for many years and have almost zero emissions. The working of a Nuclear Ship is derived from the simple nuclear fission reaction. One more important factor that has spurred on the continuous investigates of nuclear power generation within ships is the irregular cost of flammable fuels. …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Utilization of Gaseous Core Based Nuclear Reactors for Efficient Power Production and Nuclear Waste Management
Abstract: AbstractAs long as the demand for worldwide energy continues, the need for nuclear energy will always be in the forefront of the energy sector. However, Fukushima tribulations require us to look for safer and more efficient ways of designing nuclear power plants. Hence, it is essential to look for advanced ways of creating special types of nuclear reactors that work outside conventional parameters. Gas core nuclear reactors are such reactors …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 20–28 Read article
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Nuclear Medicine: A Boon to Society
Abstract: AbstractNuclear medicine is a rapidly developing branch of medicine which uses radioisotopes for diagnostic imaging and therapy. All nuclear medicine investigations and therapeutic procedures require highly specialized equipment. Nuclear imaging is a method of producing images by detecting radiation from different parts of the body after a radioactive tracer material is administered. The images are digitally generated on a computer and transferred to a nuclear medicine physician, who interprets the …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 1–3 Read article
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Nuclear Safety and Regulation: A Review
Abstract: AbstractNuclear safety is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency as “The achievement of proper operating conditions, resulting in protection of workers and environment from hazardous radiations”. The nuclear industry has continuously improved its safety standards and several regulatory boards monitor the nuclear setups to maintain the safety. However, many instances the safety lapse has resulted in disasters. The IAEA works in conjunction with member states and partners worldwide to …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 29–31 Read article
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Integration of Decommissioning Risk Management Activities in the Safety Assessment Methodology of Facility
Abstract: AbstractDecommissioning activities in facilities is a particular case, which includes the stop of operation, dismantling of engineered barriers and changing of administration procedures. Despite that the operation of the facility is ceased, decommissioning processes have the potential to create hazards in the facility. Therefore, in order to build confidence for the safety of decommissioning activities, safety assessment and risk management shall be studied. Safety assessment documents, prepared by the operators, …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Radon Flux and Radium Content Determination in Cereals Products
Abstract: AbstractRadon (222Rn) in air is ubiquitous. Radon is a form of ionizing radiation and lung cancer is the only known effect on human exposure to radon in air. The radon gas can enter into the human body through respiring, drinking and eating and caused damage to respiratory and digestion system. Cereals products available in market were experimented by “Sealed Can Technique” using LR-II solid state nuclear track detectors which are …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 7–10 Read article
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Short Review on Medical Applications of Particle Accelerators for Cancer Therapy
Abstract: AbstractThe cancer therapy by accelerators depends mainly on the following technologies: higher RF electron linear accelerator (linac); optimization of proton linac; synchrotron, cyclotron; superconducting magnet; and principles of laser. Firstly, the medical accelerators are described as a set of high RF linacs, synchrotrons, cyclotrons and superconducting magnets. Secondly, the medical accelerators are described as a set of accelerators applying the principles of laser. This short review will be helpful to …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 9–11 Read article
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Nuclear Diagnostic Imaging for PET Scan using Technetium-99m
Abstract: AbstractNuclear diagnostic procedures are used in almost every hospital worldwide on a daily basis. PET scan is the most commonly used nuclear medical imaging procedure. PET scan is considered a safer alternative to other nuclear diagnostic procedures. It is primarily used to identify the diseases, predict the possibility of occurrence of a particular disease, planning and analysis of a treatment. The PET scan has many applications but its only side …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 1–3 Read article
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Criticality Risk Assessment during Transportation and Storage of MTR Spent Fuel Elements
Abstract: Abstract This study aims to evaluate the criticality condition during transporting the spent fuel elements from the temporary storage to the permanent storage by using a Latin American cask. The cask was developed to transport the material testing reactor (MTR) fuel element type. MCNP5 code was used to calculate the criticality, expressed in terms of the neutron multiplication factor (k-effective), for normal and accidental situations using 21 fresh fuel elements. …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Radioactive Waste Management
Abstract: Abstract Nuclear power is that the solely large-scale energy-producing technology that takes full responsibility for all its wastes and absolutely prices this into the merchandise. The quantity of radioactive wastes is incredibly little relative to wastes made by fuel electricity generation. Used fuel is also treated as a resource or just as a waste. Nuclear wastes square measure neither notably venturesome nor exhausting to manage relative to alternative harmful industrial …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 24–28 Read article
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Dose Rate Mapping Resulting from Water Unloading in the Tangential Tube
Abstract: Abstract The objective of this study aims to calculate the expected dose rate distribution in the neutron experimental area of research reactor due to unloading water from the tangential tube. The tangential tube is one of the irradiation neutron beams in open pool reactor which installed to conduit a neutron physics experiment. Unloading water from the tangential tube is a process aims to reaching neutrons emitted from the reactor core …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 17–23 Read article
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Study of Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear and Particle Physics
Abstract: Abstract This article explains the main concepts of the artificial intelligence, focusing on its history, its types and applications in Nuclear & Particle Physics. Deep learning method employs nonlinear functions to adjust the weight of the data wanted from the data background. By extracting meaningful data and fitting its shape with parameterized functions, deep learning method can capture main rules of the rude data, and make reliable predictions based on …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 29–33 Read article
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Effect of Fusion Plasmas in Complete and Incomplete Fusion
Abstract: Abstract In an attempt to study the effect of thermal fusion plasma in complete and incomplete fusion, the collisional cross sections of several medium and/or heavy were measured with increasing plasma density, temperature and pressure and analysed with TALYS-1.4 code. The measured plasma density, temperature and pressure profiles are analysed with numerical model transport code PTRANSP, ONETWO and ASTRA and the corresponding data were used for calculations. The excitation functions …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 7–16 Read article
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An Overview of Heavy-ion Collisions
Abstract: AbstractA large number of experiments have been performed to explore the heavy-ion collisions dynamics using accelerator facilities available in India. The experimental results have revealed that in reactions induced by nucleons or light particles at energies of the order of a few tens MeV, the great majority of the processes one observes are of statistical nature though they cannot be interpreted as a consequence of the decay of a fully …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 8–23 Read article
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Alpha Decay Half Lives of Heavy Elements
Abstract: AbstractAlpha decay is an atomic decay process where changes to another component by shooting out a molecule made out of two protons and two neutrons. This shot out molecule is known as an alpha molecule and is just a helium core. Alpha particles have a moderately huge mass and a positive charge. These huge mass methods alpha particles cannot go exceptionally far through the air, or get profound into a …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 1–7 Read article
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Atomic Reactors and Use of Heat Pipes
Abstract: AbstractNuclear power and coolant purpose in passive space power systems have evaluated PWC – 11 niobium base alloys (Nb – 1Zr – 0.1 C) to be one of suitable alloy system. High temperature resistant but easy to oxidize alloy have considered to be important from comparatively higher strength as observed in various heat treatments. Oxygen availability in space has contaminated from material associated to construction. Design compatibility and versatile use …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 24–32 Read article
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Characteristics of PWC-11 in Atomic Reactors
Abstract: AbstractCarbon (0.1%) addition to basic Nb – 1 Zr alloy has introduced carbide precipitation to enhance desirable properties. Precipitation hardened PWC – 11 compared to solid solution hardened Nb – 1 Zr alloys show no appreciable changes by low cycle fatigue behavior, even failure modes are also similar i.e. intergranular cracking. Selections of suitable alloys are considered for resistance to high temperature in extraterrestrial environments and resistant to radioactive neutron …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 37–46 Read article
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Review of Organic Rankine Cycle with various Heat Sources
Abstract: AbstractThis paper, reviews about the working and performance of Organic Rankine cycle with different heat sources. There are various sources of heat are available, from the range of low temperature to very high temperature. The source of this heat is of many types such as various types of engines, chemical industries, machines and various processes. This cycle allows re-cycling the waste heat from various sources is converted into useful work …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 33–36 Read article
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A Thermal Review and Simulation of An Earth Tube Heat Exchanger
Abstract: AbstractConventional energy is the renewable source of energy. It is the best source of energy and free in nature also in abundance. At the present situation, heating and cooling is a major concern in environment due to global warming. Air conditioning systems has been developed to resolve major part of energy is being engaged in such issues. So, Earth tube heat exchanger is a renewable source of energy for heating …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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HVAC Energy Audit of Commercial Building
Abstract: AbstractEnergy Audit in modest terms means survey/Audit accomplished by using professionals to provide methods for improving power efficiency & reducing the wastage of energy units & reducing price also. In commercial & industrial real estate, It is the first step in identifying opportunities to reduce energy expense & carbon footprint. HVAC Energy Audit plays an important role in the commercial Building approx. 50% of energy from the HVAC system. Energy …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 44–48 Read article