... manuscript received April 23, 2018; published online September 10, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Tomio Okawa. 30 10 2017 23 04 2018 Design-basis event Nuclear engineering Nuclear safety Plant systems Plant construction Plant components Plant structures Security As indicated...

... issues Codes Plant construction Plant components Plant structures Maintenance Engineering Modifications Life Cycle Extensive testing had proven that reactor coolant environment had significant effects on the fatigue life of materials. Two methods to account for the influence of reactor...

... of 85%, a storage efficiency of 50%, and a total mass of 13 Mt. Instrumentation Control Plant systems Systems reliability Plant construction Plant structures Plant components Systems performance Electrical systems In 2009, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA...

... September 10, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Xu Cheng. 30 10 2017 16 05 2018 Design-basis event Plant systems Plant construction Plant components Plant structures A new Japanese nuclear regulation involves preparing a safety assessment to analyze the damage caused by an aircraft...

...Asif Arastu; Yassin Hasan; Leon Cizelj; Jovica R. Riznic; Guoqiang Wang 09 01 2018 16 01 2018 Advanced reactors Nuclear engineering Nuclear safety Plant systems Thermal hydraulics Standards Licensing Regulatory issues Codes Plant construction Plant components Plant...

... 5, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Leon Cizelj. 30 09 2016 16 01 2018 Design-basis event Current reactors Plant systems Risk informed applications for nuclear engineering Plant construction Plant structures Plant components Seismic probabilistic risk assessment (S-PRA...

.... Editor: Asif Arastu. 30 09 2016 04 10 2017 Current reactors Nuclear engineering Plant systems Risk informed applications for nuclear engineering Systems reliability Standards Licensing Regulatory issues Plant construction Plant structures Plant components Systems...

... construction Plant structures Plant components Security The turbulent mixing of fluids at different temperatures is a well-recognized source of thermal fatigue in the safety-related piping of nuclear power plants. The fluid temperature fluctuations at the fluid–wall interface, caused...

... Plant life cycle Plant construction Plant components Plant structures Maintenance Systems performance Steel component resistance to brittle fracture is one of the most relevant issues to be faced in order to guarantee nuclear power plant (NPP) safety. Embrittlement in plant components...

... construction Plant components Plant structures Systems performance In 2009, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) published their Design Reference Architecture 5.0 (DRA 5.0) and stated that surface power on Mars would ideally be through fission power [ 1 ]. Their study indicated...

... modifications Plant life cycle Plant construction Plant components Plant structures Sliding Maintenance Systems performance Generation IV reactor performance is key to the design of nuclear power plants (NPPs), with one of the key aspects being the improvement of cycle thermal efficiency...

... systems Plant engineering Plant modifications Plant life cycle Plant construction Plant components Plant structures Materials Maintenance In the interest of improving nuclear reactor designs for a fourth generation of nuclear reactor systems, the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) has...

.... Assoc. Editor: Asif Arastu. 30 6 2015 20 9 2016 5 10 2016 Nuclear engineering Plant operations Plant systems Plant engineering Plant modifications Plant life cycle Plant construction Plant structures Plant components Maintenance For a project of two units...

... 9, 2015; final manuscript received April 13, 2016; published online October 12, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Jovica R. Riznic. 9 10 2015 13 4 2016 29 4 2016 Current reactors Nuclear engineering Plant systems Plant construction Plant structures Plant components...

... process need to be understood by commissioning staff, and their implications need to be incorporated into commissioning programs. Commissioning programs also need to take the steps needed to baseline plant-component ageing programs to facilitate the long-term NPP operation. Manuscript received June...