Role of thorium in the Indian nuclear power programme

PK Vijayan, V Shivakumar, S Basu, RK Sinha - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
In the context of Indian nuclear power programme, thorium has always had a prominent
place due to its unique resource position with large thorium deposits and limited uranium …

Experimental subcritical facility driven by DD/DT neutron generator at BARC, India

A Sinha, T Roy, Y Kashyap, N Ray, M Shukla… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper presents design of an experimental subcritical assembly driven by DD/DT
neutron and preliminary experimental measurements. The system has been developed for …

Non-destructive quantitation of hydrogen via mass-resolved neutron spectroscopy

M Krzystyniak, G Romanelli, F Fernandez-Alonso - Analyst, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This work introduces the use of mass-selective neutron spectroscopy as an analytical tool for
the quantitative and non-destructive detection of hydrogen in bulk media. To this end …

Design, Construction, and Modeling of a 252Cf Neutron Irradiator

BC Anderson, KE Holbert… - Science and technology of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neutron production methods are an integral part of research and analysis for an array of
applications. This paper examines methods of neutron production, and the advantages of …

Effect of changing the neutron moderator in a thermal subcritical nuclear reactor

HR Vega-Carrillo, MG Garcia-Reyna… - Applied Radiation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Subcritical thermal nuclear reactor is the combination of nuclear fuel, moderator and
external neutron source. Nevertheless, the amount of neutrons increases through nuclear …

Physics and technology for development of accelerator driven systems in India

SB Degweker, PV Bhagwat, S Krishnagopal… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
A number of countries around the world have set up research programs for development of
Accelerator Driven Systems (ADS) aimed towards Thorium Utilisation or Nuclear Waste …

Investigation on the use of the Monte Carlo iterative k-source scheme for the study of neutron subcritical multiplication

AK Mallick, A Gupta, U Kannan - Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Monte Carlo neutron transport codes have traditionally used a fixed-source scheme to
simulate a subcritical system with an external source. The efficiency of this scheme is known …

Feasibility study of a hybrid subcritical fission system driven by Plasma-Focus fusion neutrons

A Clausse, L Soto, C Friedli, L Altamirano - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
A feasibility analysis of a hybrid fusion–fission system consisting of a two-stage spherical
subcritical cascade driven by a Plasma Focus device is presented. The analysis is based on …

Experimental validation of noise theory developed by considering the source as an exponentially correlated process in DT neutron generator driven subcritical system

NK Ray, LM Pant, T Patel, R Kumar, T Roy… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
Degweker and Rana (2007) have developed a noise theory considering the external
neutron source as exponentially correlated Gaussian character for Accelerator Driven …

Experimental validation of the neutronic parameters in the Jordan subcritical assembly

I Jarrah, S Malkawi, MI Radaideh, F Aldebie… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Following the construction of the Jordan Subcritical Assembly (JSA) on the campus of the
Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST); a detailed experimental study of the …