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Design and optimization of an intermediate heat exchanger in the Eskom advanced high temperature reactor
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The Eskom AHTR forms part of the next generation of nuclear reactors and aims to have a load following capability by storing heat in molten salt. The heat generated in the reactor is removed by Helium gas and should be ... -
Evaluation and verification of an architecture suitable for a multi-unit control room of a pebble bed high temperature reactor nuclear power plant
(2015)Current regulations specify the minimum number of operators required per nuclear power plant. However, these requirements are based on the operation of large nuclear power plants, which are not inherent safe and can result ... -
Evaluation of an advanced fault detection system using Koeberg nuclear power plant data
(North-West University, 2013)The control and protection system of early nuclear power plants (Generation II) have been designed and built on the then reliable analog system. Technology has evolved in recent times and digital system has replaced most ... -
A hybrid system for condition based maintenance in nuclear power plants
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Condition-based maintenance (CBM) involves undertaking maintenance activities based on the health of the system. Establishing a CBM regime in an industry will result in eliminating unnecessary maintenance cost without ... -
Introducing advanced thorium–based fuel cycles in SA : an evolutionary approach
(North-West University, 2013)Past experience in several thorium fuelled research- and power reactors provides the basis and history of thorium. The material properties, fertile- and fissile isotope properties as well as the decay chain of thorium are ... -
Life-extension in a research reactor: calculation of the neutron-induced ageing of the core-box, grid-plate and beryllium reflector
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The SAFARl-1 research reactor has been operating at NECSA- the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation - since 1965. SAFARI-1 is a tank-in-pool type research reactor of similar design to the original Oak Ridge Materials ...