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Designs of control rods with strong absorption ability for small fast reactors by Guo, H., Buiron, L., Sciora, P., Kooyman, T.

“…•Control rods for small fast reactors are designed assessed.•B4C is suitable for frequent refueling scenario, while HfB2 exhibits long lifetime.•Local…”
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The low void worth core design (‘CFV’) based on an axially heterogeneous geometry by Sciora, P., Buiron, L., Varaine, F.

“…•A fast core design with a negative sodium void worth and with comparable performances with a homogeneous core.•Physical explanations of the different…”
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Optimization of reactivity control in a small modular sodium-cooled fast reactor by Guo, H., Buiron, L., Sciora, P., Kooyman, T.

“…The small modular sodium-cooled fast reactor (SMSFR) is an important component of Generation-IV reactors. The objective of this work is to improve the…”
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Design directions of optimized reactivity control systems in sodium fast reactors by Guo, H., Sciora, P., Buiron, L., Kooyman, T.

“…•The required 10B enrichment in B4C is investigated for various sodium fast reactors.•The designs directions for reactivity control systems are proposed.•The…”
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Neutronic and fuel cycle comparison of uranium and thorium as matrix for minor actinides bearing-blankets by Kooyman, T., Buiron, L.

“…•The use of thorium as support matrix for minor actinides heterogeneous transmutation is investigated.•Neutronic and fuel cycles performances are evaluated and…”
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Analysis of the impacts of homogeneous minor actinides loading in low void effect sodium fast reactor cores by Kooyman, T., Buiron, L., Rimpault, G.

“…•The impact of americium on sodium fast reactor transient is analyzed.•Two cores are compared: one homogeneous and one axially heterogeneous.•Americium loading…”
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USE OF DIFFERENT LIBRARIES IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS OF THE SEFOR REACTOR: ASSESSMENT OF THE DOPPLER EFFECT OF THE ASTRID CORE by Foissy, M., Rimpault, G., Buiron, L.

“…For the next generation of fast reactors, global objectives are required in terms of safety, sustainability, waste minimization and non-proliferation issues…”
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In vessel neutron instrumentation for sodium-cooled fast reactors: Type, lifetime and location by Filliatre, P., Jammes, C., Geslot, B., Buiron, L.

“…The in vessel instrumentation of sodium-cooled fast reactors must deliver measurements that are reliable and easy to interpret over several reactor cycles in…”
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Optimization of reactivity control in a small modular sodium-cooled fast reactor by Guo, H, Buiron, L, Sciora, P, Kooyman, T

“…The small modular sodium-cooled fast reactor (SMSFR) is an important component of Generation-IV reactors. The objective of this work is to improve the…”
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NEW REFERENCE APOLLO3® CALCULATION SCHEME FOR LIGHT WATER REACTORS – ANALYSIS OF THE BEAVRS BENCHMARK by Vidal, Jean-François, Frölicher, K., Archier, P., Hébert, A., Buiron, L., Palau, J-M., Pastoris, S., Raynaud, D.

“…In the past few years, developments in the APOLLO3® deterministic code have mainly been devoted to Fast Reactor applications. In this paper, we investigate the…”
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Optimized control rod designs for Generation-IV fast reactors using alternative absorbers and moderators by Guo, H., Buiron, L., Kooyman, T., Sciora, P.

“…•Potential absorbers for Gen-IV fast reactors are evaluated in detailed designs.•Moderators are used to optimizing control rods.•Neutronic, safety, and waste…”
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Study of self-shielding in dpa calculations by Chen, S., Bernard, D., Buiron, L.

“…Self-shielding due to the resonance of cross sections influences the neutron spectrum. Mature treatment of the self-shielding has been developed in…”
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Spatial analysis of unprotected transients in heterogeneous sodium fast reactors by Laureau, A., Lederer, Y., Krakovich, A., Buiron, L., Fontaine, B.

“…•ULOF and UTOP transient analyses on the sodium fast reactor ASTRID.•Thermal-hydraulics – neutronics coupled calculations.•CEA/IAEC benchmark on spatial and…”
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Advanced method for neutronic simulation of control rods in sodium fast reactors: Numerical and experimental validation by Guo, H., Garcia, E., Faure, B., Buiron, L., Archier, P., Sciora, P., Rimpault, G.

“…•A deterministic methodology is proposed for control rod modeling in fast reactors.•The lattice level can accurately calculate self-shielding effects in…”
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Advanced method for depletion calculation of control rods in sodium fast reactors by Guo, H., Archier, P., Vidal, J.-F., Buiron, L.

“…•Calculation schemes for absorber depletion in sodium fast reactors are proposed.•The variation of spatial self-shielding effect is important for absorber…”
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Optimization of minor actinides bearing blankets with industrial fuel cycle constraints by Kooyman, Timothée, Buiron, Laurent, Rimpault, Gérald

“…•Fuel cycle constraints impacts on heterogeneous transmutation were studied.•The optimal target design was calculated depending on each constraint…”
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Beam tests of the trigger and digital processing electronics for the electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment by Benetta, R., Hansen, M., Lofsted, B., Varela, J., Lecomte, P., Nessi-Tedaldi, F., Almeida, A., Machado, E., Nóbrega, R., da Silva, J.C., Silva, S., Bercher, M., Bourotte, J., Buiron, L., Busson, Ph, Faurlini, L., Lecouturier, D., Matricon, P.

“…A prototype of the trigger and digital processing electronics for the electromagnetic calorimeter of the CMS experiment, coupled to a prototype of the PbWO 4…”
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