Search Results - "Insulander Björk, Klara"

Irradiation testing of enhanced uranium oxide fuels by Insulander Björk, Klara, Kelly, Julian F., Vitanza, Carlo, Drera, Saleem S., Holcombe, Scott, Tverberg, Terje, Tuomisto, Harri, Wright, Jonathan, Sarsfield, Mark, Blench, Trevor, Yang, Jae Ho, Kim, Hyun-Gil, Kim, Dong-Joo, Lau, Cheuk W.

“…•Irradiation testing of uranium oxide fuel enhanced with Cr, SiO2/TiO2 and ThO2.•Irradiation testing of cladding coated with (Fe,Cr,Al) and (Cr,Al) alloys.•All…”
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Study of Thorium-Plutonium Fuel for Possible Operating Cycle Extension in PWRs by Insulander Björk, Klara, Lau, Cheuk Wah, Nylén, Henrik, Sandberg, Urban

“…Computer simulations have been carried out to investigate the possibility of extending operating cycle length in the Pressurised Water Reactor Ringhals 3 by…”
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Feasibility Study of 1/3 Thorium-Plutonium Mixed Oxide Core by Sandberg, Urban, Insulander Björk, Klara, Nylén, Henrik, Lau, Cheuk Wah

“…Thorium-plutonium mixed oxide (Th-MOX) fuel has become one of the most promising solutions to reduce a large and increasing plutonium stockpile. Compared with…”
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Commercial thorium fuel manufacture and irradiation: Testing (Th, Pu) O 2 and (Th, U) O 2 in the “Seven-Thirty” program by Insulander Björk, Klara, Drera, Saleem S., Kelly, Julian F., Vitanza, Carlo, Helsengreen, Christian, Tverberg, Terje, Sobieska, Matylda, Oberländer, Barbara C., Tuomisto, Harri, Kekkonen, Laura, Wright, Jonathan, Bergmann, Uffe, Mathers, Daniel P.

“…Thorium based fuels are being tested in the Halden Research Reactor in Norway with the aim of producing the data necessary for licensing of these fuels in…”
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Effect of the thorium oxide content on the leaching of a mixed thorium-uranium oxide fuel by Björk, Klara Insulander, Holgersson, Stellan, Thuvander, Mattias, Ekberg, Christian

“…Leaching of uranium from uranium oxide fuel in contact with water can be a radiation hazard problem in the case of fuel cladding failure, either during nuclear…”
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Thorium as an additive for improved neutronic properties in boiling water reactor fuel by Insulander Björk, Klara, Netterbrant, Christer

“…•The use of thorium as an additive to uranium fuel is investigated by simulations.•Results obtained by the neutronic software CASMO and Serpent are…”
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Thermal–mechanical performance modeling of thorium–plutonium oxide fuel and comparison with on-line irradiation data by Insulander Björk, Klara, Kekkonen, Laura

“…Thorium-plutonium Mixed OXide (Th-MOX) fuel is considered for use in light water reactors fuel due to some inherent benefits over conventional fuel types in…”
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Comparison of thorium-based fuels with different fissile components in existing boiling water reactors by Insulander Björk, Klara, Fhager, Valentin, Demazière, Christophe

“…With the aim of investigating the technical feasibility of fuelling a conventional BWR (Boiling Water Reactor) with thorium-based fuel, computer simulations…”
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A BWR fuel assembly design for efficient use of plutonium in thorium–plutonium fuel by Bjoerk, KI

“…The objective of this study is to develop an optimized BWR fuel assembly design for thorium–plutonium fuel. In this work, the optimization goal is to maximize…”
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Thorium fuel production and results from beginning of life irradiation by Drera, Saleem S., Insulander Björk, Klara, Kelly, Julian F.

“…An evolutionary, rather than a revolutionary approach to thorium fueled reactors is proposed with an introduction of thorium as the fertile component in mixed…”
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Conceptual study of axial offset fluctuations upon stepwise power changes in a thorium–plutonium core to improve load-following conditions by Lau, Cheuk Wah, Dykin, Victor, Nylén, Henrik, Björk, Klara Insulander, Sandberg, Urban

“…•Thorium–plutonium mixed oxide to improve nuclear reactors load-following capability.•SIMULATE-3 was the main calculation tool.•The Ringhals-3 PWR unit in…”
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Analysis of radioactivity in commercially available products aiming to improve health and wellness by Thomas, Rimon, Forssell-Aronsson, Eva, Hjellström, Martin, Insulander Björk, Klara, Piñero-García, Francisco, Isaksson, Mats

“…Abstract There are products available on the online market that are claim to contain unique ‘energies’ that can improve health and wellness by eliminating…”
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Ceria-thoria pellet manufacturing in preparation for plutonia-thoria LWR fuel production by Drera, Saleem S., Björk, Klara Insulander, Sobieska, Matylda

“…Thorium dioxide (thoria) has potential to assist in niche roles as fuel for light water reactors (LWRs). One such application for thoria is its use as the…”
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Experimental determination of concentration factors of Mn, Zn and I in the phytoplankton species Phaeodactylum Tricornutum by Insulander Björk, K., Thomas, R., Holgersson, S., Isaksson, M.

“…Anthropogenic radionuclides released into the environment cause a radiation dose to wildlife and humans which must be quantified, both to assess the effect of…”
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Experimental determination of concentration factors of Ni, Ru and Sb in the model diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum by Ali, Y., Thomas, R., Holgersson, S., Isaksson, M., Insulander Björk, K.

“…This paper describes the experimental determination of concentration factors (CF) for nickel, ruthenium and antimony in the model diatom Phaeodactylum…”
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Thorium Fuels for Light Water Reactors – Steps towards Commercialization by Insulander Björk, Klara

“…Thorium-containing nuclear fuel is proposed as a means of gaining a number of benefits in the operation of light water reactors, some related to the nuclear…”
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Irradiation of a thorium–plutonium rodlet: Experiment and benchmark calculations by Insulander Björk, K., Mittag, S., Nabbi, R., Rineiski, A., Schitthelm, O., Vezzoni, B.

“…A benchmark exercise for thorium–plutonium fuel, based on experimental data, has been carried out. A thorium–plutonium oxide fuel rodlet was irradiated in a…”
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Commercial thorium fuel manufacture and irradiation: Testing (Th,Pu) and (Th,U) in the "Seven-Thirty" program by Insulander Bjork, Klara, Drera, Saleem S, Kelly, Julian F, Vitanza, Carlo, Helsengreen, Christian, Tverberg, Terje, Sobieska, Matylda, Oberlaender, Barbara C, Tuomisto, Harri, Kekkonen, Laura, Wright, Jonathan, Bergmann, Uffe, Mathers, Daniel P

“…Thorium based fuels are being tested in the Halden Research Reactor in Norway with the aim of producing the data necessary for licensing of these fuels in…”
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