nuclear reactor
Research Topic
Language: English
This is a research topic created to provide authors with a place to attach new problem publications.
Research topics above this in the hierarchy
Research problems linked to this topic
- Enhanced heat flux to the divertor plates after an ELM crash in H-mode plasmas is a crucial issue for the tokamak reactor.
- A future tokamak reactor has to fulfill several requirements: good confinement properties to achieve ignition at low external heating power; high stability at minimal toroidal magnetic field strength; and efficient helium removal from the system for continuous burn.
- For the continuous operation of a nuclear reactor, burnt fuel needs to be replaced with fresh fuel, where appropriate (ex-vessel) fuel handling is required.
- High-quality boiling crisis, i.e. dry out of the liquid film is an important operational safety issue for boiling water reactors.
- The operating conditions of a compact, high neutron wall loading fusion reactor severely limit the choices for structural, shield, insulator and breeder materials.
- The release of radioactive cesium into the environment in the aftermath of disasters such as the Fukushima Daiichi disaster poses a great health risk, particularly since cesium easily spreads in nature.
- The understanding of the time-dependent behaviour of the neutron population in a nuclear reactor in response to either a planned or unplanned change in the reactor conditions is of great importance to the safe and reliable operation of the reactor.