"Current Research in Nuclear Reactor Technology in Brazil and Worldwide" ed. by Amir Zacarias Mesquita

The aim of this book is to disseminate state-of-the-art research and advances in the area of nuclear reactors technology.

The book was divided in two parts.Topics discussed in the first part of this compilation include: experimental investigation and computational validation of thermal stratification in PWR reactors piping systems, new methods in doppler broadening function calculation for nuclear reactors fuel temperature, isothermal phase transformation of uranium-zirconium-niobium alloys for advanced nuclear fuel, reactivity Monte Carlo burnup simulations of enriched gadolinium burnable poison for PWR fuel, utilization of thermal analysis technique for study of uranium-molybdenum fuel alloy, probabilistic safety assessment applied to research reactors, and a review on the state-of-the art and current trends of next generation reactors.

The second part includes: thermal hydraulics study for a ultra high temperature reactor with packed sphere fuels, benefits in using lead-208 coolant for fast reactors and accelerator driven systems, nuclear power as a basis for future electricity production in the world: Generation III and IV reactors, nanostructural materials and shaped solids for improvement and energetic effectiveness of nuclear reactors safety and radioactive wastes, multilateral nuclear approach to nuclear fuel cycles, and a cold analysis of the Fukushima accident.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Nuclear Reactors Technology Research in Brazil
1 Experimental Investigation and Computational Validation of Thermal Stratification in Piping Systems of PWR Reactors
2 New Methods in Doppler Broadening Function Calculation
3 Isothermal Phase Transformation of U-Zr-Nb Alloys for Advanced Nuclear Fuels
4 Enriched Gadolinium Burnable Poison for PWR Fuel - Monte Carlo Burnup Simulations of Reactivity
5 Stability of y-UMo Nuclear Fuel Alloys by Thermal Analysis
6 Probabilistic Safety Assessment Applied to Research Reactors
7 Generation IV Nuclear Systems: State of the Art and Current Trends with Emphasis on Safety and Security Features
Section 2 Nuclear Reactors Technology Research Across the World
8 Thermal Hydraulics Prediction Study for an Ultra High Temperature Reactor with Packed Sphere Fuels
9 Benefits in Using Lead-208 Coolant for Fast Reactors and Accelerator Driven Systems
10 Nuclear Power as a Basis for Future Electricity Production in the World: Generation III and IV Reactors
11 Nanostructured Materials and Shaped Solids for Essential Improvement of Energetic Effectiveness and Safety of Nuclear Reactors and Radioactive Wastes
12 Multilateral Nuclear Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycles
13 The Fukushima Disaster: A Cold Analysis

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