Nuclear Engineering - Master's degree
Recent Submissions
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Shielding design for the time-resolving Magnetic Recoil Spectrometer (MRSt) on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) ?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Abstract The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is one of the premier inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments active today, with the goal of acheiving ignition in a laboratory for the first time. Multiple diagnostics ... -
Impact assessment for the MIT Research Reactor low enrichment uranium fuel fabrication tolerances ?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)In the framework of non-proliferation policy, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor (MITR) is planning to convert from highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. A new type of high-density ... -
Safety analysis of a compact integral small light water reactor ?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)Small modular reactors (SMRs) hold great promise in meeting a diverse market while reducing the risk of delays during nuclear construction compared to large gigawatt-sized reactors. However, due to lack of economy of scale, ...