Search for dissertations about: "fissile"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the word fissile.

  2. 1. The long-term nuclear explosives predicament : final disposal of military usable fissile material in nuclear waste from nuclear power and from the elimination of nuclear weapons

    Author : Johan Swahn; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; plutonium economy; laser isotope separation; disposal; sustainability; plutinium; destruction; sustainable energy future; nuclear fuel cycle; Swedish; fissile material; spent nuclear fuel; transmutation; ethics; production; construction; high-level nuclear waste; nuclear weapons; nuclear explosives; military; long-term;

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  4. 2. The Statistics of Emission and Detection of Neutrons and Photons

    Author : Andreas Enqvist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; multiplicities; nuclear safeguards; Number distribution; scintillation detectors; light pulse distribution; fissile material; cross correlations;

    Abstract : One particular purpose of nuclear safeguards, in addition toaccounting for known materials, is the detection, identifying and quantifying unknown material, to prevent accidental and clandestine transports and uses of nuclear materials. This can be achieved in a non-destructive way through the various physical and statistical properties of particle emission and detection from such materials. READ MORE

  5. 3. Neutron Multiplicity Counting with the Analysis of Continuous Detector Signals

    Author : Lajos Nagy; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Kolmogorov equation; fissile material assay; nuclear safeguards; fission chamber; neutron multiplicity counting; master equation;

    Abstract : Neutron multiplicity counting is a non-destructive assay method for determining the mass of fissile materials (primarily plutonium) using the measured values of the singles, doubles and triples detection rates. Traditionally, the detection rates are obtained from the counting statistics of neutron detectors. READ MORE

  6. 4. Generalised Campbell formulae for compound Poisson processes with applications in nuclear safeguards

    Author : Lajos Nagy; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; passive non-destructive assay; fissile material assay; multiplicity counting;

    Abstract : Multiplicity counting is a widely used non-destructive assay method for estimating unknown parameters (primarily the mass) of samples of spontaneously fissioning materials (e.g. plutonium). Traditionally, measurements are performed with thermal neutron detectors operating in pulse counting mode. READ MORE

  7. 5. Ab initio driven modeling of advanced nuclear fuels

    Author : Huan Liu; Pär Olsson; Marjorie Bertolus; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Fysik; Physics; Kärnenergiteknik; Nuclear Engineering;

    Abstract : With the development of clean energy sources such as nuclear power, it has become more important to use advanced nuclear fuels to improve economic efficiency and expand safety margins. Thanks to the high fissile density, high thermal conductivity, and high melting point, uranium nitride and uranium silicide have been considered accident tolerant or high-performance fuels for commercial light water reactors and for future generation reactor systems. READ MORE