A5076753464- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Nuclear Materials and Properties
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics
- Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes
- Fusion materials and technologies
- Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
- Technology and Data Analysis
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
2016-2022
The pressure-tube heavy water reactor (PT-HWR) has excellent potential as an operational technology to exploit the use of thorium. Reactor core configurations existing PT-HWR design with thorium-based fuels were simulated using DRAGON/DONJON physics code suite. ultimate goal this work was achieve a self-sufficient equilibrium thorium cycle fissile inventory ratio (FIR) greater than unity (FIR ≥ 1.0) by altering fueling configuration and leaving model relatively unchanged from...
Nuclear energy is an excellent power source for stable, clean-air, baseload electricity generation. The pressure tube heavy water reactor (PT-HWR) a proven design with extensive operational experience and has great flexibility in the type of nuclear fuels fuel cycles that can be used. Thorium relatively abundant alternative could help complement eventually replace uranium. objective this work was to evaluate potential heterogeneous seed/blanket PT-HWR core concept may able achieve...
Nuclear power plants could potentially be deployed in a type of nuclear hybrid energy system (NHES) which their is used primarily to drive an industrial process but can diverted meet demands for electricity when needed. The purpose this study analyze the effects deploying NHESs as reserve transmission grid Ontario on overall Canadian fuel cycle. In scenario, cycle 2 high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) concepts are analyzed with respect costs, resource consumption, and enrichment...