Reactor Control and Experiments

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Research output per year 1990 2008 2010 2012 2013 2024 2024

• 48 In-proceedings paper
• 29 Article
• 2 BLG - Open report
• 1 ER - External report
• 1 More
  • 1 Master's thesis

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• 2024

  A novel irradiation module for ANICCA fuel cycle code based on multi-task learning

  Casas-Molina, V., Aguilera Gómez, N., Romojaro, P., Merino Rodriguez, I. & Hernández Solis, A., Dec 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Technology. 56, 12, p. 5175-5181 7 p.

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• BR2 fuel element hydraulic analyses for reactor conversion

  Lin, H., Rykhlevskii, A., Garner, P., Olson, A. P., Licht, J. R. & Wols, F., 30 Apr 2024, RRFM - European Research Reactor conference 2024: Proceedings. Warsac, Poland: ENS - European Nuclear Society, p. 111-120 10 p.

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• Impact of ENDF/B-VIII.0 library on BR2 depletion calculations for irradiation testing of low-enriched uranium silicide dispersion fuel

  Rykhlevskii, A., Bergeron, A., Puig, F., Licht, J., Kalcheva, S. & Van den Branden, G., Jun 2024, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 1 ed. Vol. 130. p. 1048-1051 4 p. (Transactions of the American Nuclear Society).

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• Multi-scale coupled simulation of E-SCAPE at isothermal conditions

  Hussain, M. M. M. D., Pangukir, F. S. L., Visser, D., Stempniewicz, M. M., Roelofs, F., Pacio, J. & Van Tichelen, K., 27 Aug 2024, 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (NUTHOS-14). Vancouver, BC, Canada: Canadian Nuclear Society, 13 p.

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• Neutronics benchmark analysis of the tests performed at China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR)

  Houben, D., Stankovskiy, A. (Peer reviewer) & Van den Branden, G. (Peer reviewer), 20 Jun 2024, BNEN - Belgian Nuclear Higher Education Network. 101 p.

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• Numerical analysis of a parallel triple-jet of liquid-sodium in a turbulent forced convection regime

  Cascioli, E., Kaaks, B., Keijers, S., Van Tichelen, K. & Kenjereš, S., Aug 2024, In: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 156, 107696.

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• Quantification of the maximum heat flux bias introduced by modelling assumptions on the basis of the BR2 LEU representative core

  Hernandez Solis, A., Wols, F. & Van den Branden, G., 1 Nov 2024, Proceedings of the 44th International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR). Argonne National Laboratory, 10 p.

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• Scaling approach and forced-circulation flow patterns in the liquid metal-cooled reactor-pool experiment E-SCAPE

  Van Tichelen, K., Mirelli, F., Greco, M., Bartosiewicz, Y. & D'haeseleer, W., Sep 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 426, 17 p., 113361.

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• The CCube reconstruction algorithm for the SoLid experiment

  Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Arnold, L., Barber, G., Beaumont, W., Binet, S., Bolognino, I., Bongrand, M., Borg, J., Boursette, D., Buridon, V., Castle, B. C., Chanal, H., Clark, K., Coupé, B., Crochet, P., Cussans, D., De Roeck, A., Durand, D. & Durkin, T. & 45 others, Fallot, M., Galbinski, D., Gallego, S., Ghys, L., Giot, L., Graves, K., Guillon, B., Henaff, D., Hosseini, B., Jenzer, S., Kalcheva, S., Kalousis, L. N., Keloth, R., Koch, L., Labare, M., Lehaut, G., Manley, S., Manzanillas, L., Mermans, J., Michiels, I., Monteil, S., Moortgat, C., Newbold, D., Pestel, V., Petridis, K., Piñera, I., Popescu, L., Roy, N., Ryckbosch, D., Ryder, N., Saunders, D., Schune, M. H., Rejeb Sfar, H., Simard, L., Vacheret, A., Vandierendonck, G., Van Dyck, S., Van Mulders, P., van Remortel, N., Vercaemer, S., Verstraeten, M., Viaud, B., Weber, A., Yeresko, M. & Yermia, F., Sep 2024, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 1066, 9 p., 169628.

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• Uncertainty quantification in fluoride-based molten salt reactors with open sourced tools

  Elter, Z., Hernandez Solis, A. & Tovar, M. P., 21 Apr 2024, Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2024. San Francisco: American Nuclear Society, p. 757-766 10 p. 6945. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2024).

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• 2023

  Design optimization studies for 238Pu production

  Guillamot Ruano, J. C., Romojaro, P., Van den Eynde, G., Newman, G., Van den Branden, G., Acevedo Muñoz, B. & Verwerft, M., 14 Apr 2023, RRFM - European Research Reactor Conference 2023. ENS - European Nuclear Society, p. 398-408 11 p.

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• High loaded and high density fuel irradiations within the EU QUALIFY project

  Holmström, S., Wight, J., Leenaers, A., Kalcheva, S., Baumeister, B., Stepnik, B., Rontard, C., Calzavara, Y. & Valance, S., 1 Mar 2023, RRFM European Research Reactor Conference 2023. Antwerp, Belgium, p. 615-621 6 p.

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• Nuclear data uncertainty propagation to selected BR2 safety parameters

  Alhassan, E., Newman, G. & Van den Branden, G., 1 Mar 2023, RRFM European Research Reactor Conference 2023. Antwerp, Belgium, p. 493-501 9 p.

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• TENDL-based evaluation and adjustment of p+¹¹¹Cd between 1 and 100 MeV

  Alhassan, E., Rochman, D. A., Vasiliev, A., Koning, A. J. & Ferroukhi, H., Aug 2023, In: Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 198, 15 p., 110832.

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• 2022

  Development of a multipurpose rig for material irradiation tests in BR2

  Rossaert, B., Toyama, T., Yamazaki, M., Suzuki, K., Narui, M., Shikama, T., Sikik, E., Jacquet, P. & Van Dyck, S., 25 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 565, p. 1-10 10 p., 153742.

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• Transient Fuel Tests in BR-2 with the Pressurized Water Capsule: Decomposing Gamma-Heating and Nuclear Fission Contributions

  Billiet, S., Boer, B., Van Nieuwenhove, R., Sikik, E., Mellemans, S., Van den Branden, G. & Verwerft, M., 2022, Proceedings of TopFuel 2022 Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference. American Nuclear Society, p. 711-718 8 p. (Proceedings of TopFuel 2022 Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference).

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• 2021

  MURMUR: a new low-noise experiment for the search of neutron-hidden neutron transitions in the context of braneworld scenarios

  Stasser, C., Terwagne, G., Lamblin, J., Méplan, O., Pignol, G., Coupé, B., Kalcheva, S., Van Dyck, S. & Sarrazin, M., 15 Apr 2021, 40th International Conference on High Energy physics: Parallel: Operation, Performance and Upgrade of Present Detectors. 2021 ed. Sissa Medialab, Vol. 390. p. 1-6 6 p.

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• Probing neutron-hidden neutron transitions with the MURMUR experiment

  Stasser, C., Terwagne, G., Lamblin, J., Méplan, O., Pignol, G., Coupé, B., Kalcheva, S., Van Dyck, S. & Sarrazin, M., 12 Jan 2021, In: The European Physical Journal C - Particles and Fields. 81, p. 1-14 14 p., 17.

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• SoLid: a short baseline reactor neutrino experiment

  Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Arnold, L., Barber, G., Beaumont, W., Binet, S., Bolognino, I., Bongrand, M., Borg, J., Boursette, D., Buridon, V., Castle, B. C., Chanal, H., Coupé, B., Crochet, P., Cussans, D., De Roeck, A., Durand, D., Durkin, T. & Fallot, M. & 12 others, Ghys, L., Giot, L., Graves, K., Guillon, B., Henaff, D., Hosseini, B., Jenzer, S., Kalcheva, S., Mermans, J., Moortgat, C., Popescu, L. & Van Dyck, S., 22 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 16, p. 1-39 40 p., P02025.

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• 2020

  Aluminum cladding oxide growth prediction for high flux research reactors

  Kim, Y. S., Chae, H. T., Van den Berghe, S., Leenaers, A., Kuzminov, V. & Yacout, A. M., Feb 2020, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 529, 13 p., 151926.

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• 2019

  Accuracy of the reactor core simulations for determination of the antineutrino spectrum for the solid experiment at the BR2 reactor

  Kalcheva, S., Van den Branden, G., Giot, L. & Fallot, M., Aug 2019, International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2019) : Proceedings of a meeting held 25-29 August 2019, Portland, Oregon, USA. . American Nuclear Society, p. 991-1001 11 p.

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• Development of a quality assurance process for the SoLid experiment

  Kalcheva, S., Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Ban, G. M., Beaumont, W., Bongrand, M. & Boursette, D., 28 Feb 2019, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 14, p. 1-24 24 p., P02014.

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• Thermal-hydraulics and neutronics overview of the DISECT experiment

  Williams, W. J., Hale, C., Sikik, E., Sprenger, M., Borghmans, G., Wachs, D. M., Van den Berghe, S., Okuniewski, M. A., Maddock, T. L. & Boer, B., 2 Jun 2019, Transactions. 2019 ed. Vol. 120. p. 348-351 4 p.

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• 2018

  A modelling study of the inter-diffusion layer formation in U-Mo/Al dispersion fuel plates at high power

  Ye, B., Hofmann, G. L., Leenaers, A., Bergeron, A., Kuzminov, V., Van den Berghe, S. & Kim, Y. S., 1 Feb 2018, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 499, p. 191-203 13 p.

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• Feasibility studies for simultaneous irradiation of NBSR & MITR fuelelements in the BR2 reactor

  Kalcheva, S., Van den Branden, G., Van Dyck, S., Van den Berghe, S., Housley, G. K., Woolstenhulme, N. E., Glagolenko, I. & Cole, J. I., 21 Dec 2018, In: Annals of nuclear energy. 127, p. 303-318 16 p.

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• Optimisation of the scintillation light collection and uniformity of the SoLid experiment

  Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Beaumont, W., Bongrand, M., Castle, B. C., Clark, K., Coupé, B., Cussans, D., De Roeck, A., Durand, D., Fallot, M., Ghys, L., Giot, L., Graves, K., Guillon, B., Henaff, D., Hosseini, B., Ihantola, S., Jenzer, S. & Kalcheva, S. & 31 others, Kalousis, L., Labare, M., Lehaut, G., Manley, S., Manzanillas, L., Mermans, J., Mermans, J., Michiels, I., Moortgat, C., Newbold, D., Park, J., Pestel, V., Petridis, K., Pinera, I., Popescu, L., Ryckbosch, D., Ryder, N., Saunders, D., Schune, M.-H., M., S., Simard, L., Vacheret, A., Vandierendonck, G., Van Dyck, S., Van Mulders, P., Van Remortel, N., Vercaemer, S., Maja, V., Viaud, B., Weber, A. & Yermia, F., 7 Sep 2018, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 13, 9, p. 1-24 24 p., P09005.

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• Performance of a full scale prototype detector at the BR2 reactor for the SoLid experiment

  Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Arnold, L., Ban, G., Beaumont, W., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Castle, B. C., Clark, K., Coupé, B., Cussans, D., De Roeck, A., D'Hondt, J., Durand, D., Fallot, M., Ghys, L., Giot, L., Guillon, B., Ihantola, S. & Janssen, X. & 32 others, Kalcheva, S., Kalousis, L., Koonen, E., Labare, M., Lehaut, G., Manzanillas, L., Mermans, J., Michiels, I., Moortgat, C., Newbold, D., Park, J., Pestel, V., Petridis, K., Pinera, I., Pommery, G., Popescu, L., Pronost, G., Rademacker, J., Ryckbosch, D., Ryder, N., Saunders, D., Schune, M.-H., Simard, L., Vacheret, A., Van Dyck, S., Van Mulders, P., Van Remortel, N., Van Remortel, N., Vercaemer, S., Maja, V., Weber, A. & Yermia, F., 3 May 2018, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 13, P05005, 29 p., P05005.

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• 2017

  A novel segmented-scintillator antineutrino detector

  Abreu, Y., Amhis, Y., Arnold, L., Ban, G., Beaumont, W., Bongrand, M., Boursette, D., Buhour, J. M., Castle, B. C., Clark, K., Cussans, D., De Roeck, A., D'Hondt, J., Durand, D., Fallot, M., Fresneau, S., Ghys, L., Giot, L., Guillon, B. & Guilloux, G. & 34 others, Ihantola, S., Janssen, X., Kalcheva, S., Kalousis, L., Koonen, E., Labare, M., Lehaut, G., Mermans, J., Michiels, I., Moortgat, C., Newbold, D., ¨Park, J., Petridis, K., Pinera, I., Pommery, G., Popescu, L.-A., Pronost, G., Rademacker, J., Reynolds, A., Ryckbosch, D., Ryder, N., Saunders, D., Shitov, Y. A., Schune, M.-H., Scovell, P. R., Simard, L., Vacheret, A., Van Dyck, S., Van Mulders, P., Van Remortel, N., Vercaemer, S., Waldron, A., Weber, A. & Yermia, F., 21 Apr 2017, In: Journal of Instrumentation. 18 p., P04024.

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• Effect of fission rate on the microstructure of coated UMo dispersion fuel

  Leenaers, A., Parthoens, Y., Cornelis, G., Kuzminov, V., Van den Berghe, S., Koonen, E., Ye, B., Hofmann, G. L. & Schulthess, J., 1 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 494, p. 10-19 10 p., 494.

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• 2016

  Economy of BR2 fuel cycle with gadolinium as burnable absorber

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., 16 Mar 2016, RRFM 2016-A0170. 2016 ed. ENS - European Nuclear Society, p. 1-10 10 p.

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• Economy of BR2 Fuel Cycle with Gadolinium as Burnable Absorber

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., 1 May 2016, PHYSOR 2016–Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century. p. 1-8 8 p. (Unknown).

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• 2015

  Fuel swelling and interaction layer formation in the SELENIUM Si and ZrN coated U(Mo) dispersion fuel plates irradiated at high power in BR2

  Leenaers, A., Van den Berghe, S., Koonen, E., Kuzminov, V. & Detavernier, C., Jan 2015, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 458, 03, p. 380-393

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• Sensitivity of reactor transient analysis on 3-D effective beta core model

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., Apr 2015, Mathematics and Computations, Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo International Conference, M and C+SNA+MC 2015. Nashville: American Nuclear Society, Vol. 1. p. 698-712 15 p. (Mathematics and Computations, Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo International Conference, M and C+SNA+MC 2015; vol. 1).

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• 2014

  MCNPX analysis of delayed neutron fraction in berylliumreflected cores

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., Aug 2014, Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors, PHYSOR 2014. 167626

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• MCNPX analysis of delayed neutron fraction in beryllium reflected cores

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., 28 Sep 2014, Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics of Reactors : PHYSOR 2014. 003 ed. JAEA - Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Vol. 2014. p. 1-20 20 p. (JAEA-Conf).

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• 2013

  Analysis of the nuclear measurement program for an optimized BR2 core configuration

  Van den Branden, G., Kalcheva, S., Sikik, E. & Koonen, E., 2013, International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2013. Vol. 2. p. 1023-1034 12 p. (International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2013; vol. 2).

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• Development of refined MCNPX paret multi channel model for transient analysis in research reactors: Development of refined MCNPX paret multi channel model for transient analysis in research reactors

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., Sep 2013, PHYSOR 2012 – Advances in Reactor Physics – Linking Research, Industry, and Education: PHYSOR 2012: Conference on Advances in Reactor Physics. American Nuclear Society, 13 p. (Nuclear technology; vol. 183, no. 3).

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• Development of time-dependent reaction rates to optimise predictor–corrector algorithm in ALEPH burn-up code

  Fiorito, L., Stankovskiy, A., Van den Eynde, G., Labeau, P.-E. & Kalcheva, S. (Peer reviewer), 31 May 2013, In: Annals of nuclear energy. 62, 1, p. 307-315

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• Low background anti-neutrino monitoring with an innovative composite solid scintillator detector

  Scovell, P. R., Vacheret, A., Baird, A., Ryder, N., Weber, A., Shitov, Y. A., Coupé, B., Kalcheva, S., Koonen, E., Cucoanes, A. S., Fallot, M., Yermia, F., Freret, B. & Signorotti, P., 2013, 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 6829545. (IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record).

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• Microstructural evolution of U(Mo)–Al(Si) dispersion fuel under irradiation – Destructive analyses of the LEONIDAS E-FUTURE plates

  Leenaers, A., Van den Berghe, S., Van Eyken, J., Koonen, E., Charollais, F., Lemoine, P., Calzavara, Y., Guyon, H., Jarousse, C., Geslin, D., Wachs, D., Keiser, D., Robinson, A., Hofman, G. & Kim, Y.-S., Jun 2013, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 441, p. 439-448

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• Optimization strategies for sustainable fuel cycle of the BR2 REACTOR

  Kalcheva, S., Van den Branden, G. & Koonen, E., 2013, International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2013. Vol. 2. p. 996-1007 12 p. (International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2013; vol. 2).

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• Swelling of U(Mo) dispersion fuel under irradiation – Non-destructive analyses of the SELENIUM plates

  Van den Berghe, S., Parthoens, Y., Cornelis, G., Leenaers, A., Koonen, E., Kuzminov, V., Detavernier, C. & Sannen, L. (Peer reviewer), 22 Aug 2013, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 442, 1-3, p. 60-68

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• The development of disperse UMo as a high performance research reactor fuel in Europe

  Breitkreutz, H., Jungwirth, R., Röhrmoser, A., Petry, W., Van den Berghe, S., Leenaers, A., Koonen, E., Lemoine, P., Ripert, M., Palancher, H., Anselmet, M.-C., Jarousse, C., Stepnik, B., Calzavara, Y. & Guyon, H., Apr 2013, Research Reactor Fuel Management conference proceedings. Brussels, Belgium

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• 2012

  Automatic Whole Core Depletion & Criticality Calculations by MCNPX 2.7.0

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., 15 May 2012, Physor 2012. LaGrange Park, IL, United States

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• Hybrid reliability model for nuclear reactor safety system

  Verlinden, S., Deconinck, G., Coupé, B. & Joppen, F. (Peer reviewer), May 2012, In: Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 101, May, p. 35-47

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• LEONIDAS E-FUTURE : Results of the Destructive Analyses of the U(Mo)-Al(Si) Fuel Plates

  Leenaers, A., Van Eyken, J., Van den Berghe, S., Koonen, E., Charollais, F., Lemoine, P., Calzavara, Y., Guyon, H., Jarousse, C., Stepnik, B., Wachs, D. & Robinson, A., 19 Mar 2012, RRFM / IGORR 2012 Transactions. Belgium

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• Qualifying the codes and methodologies used for the evaluation of the BR2 core maximum nominal heat flux

  Dionne, B., Tzanos, C. P., Olson, A. P., Stevens, J. G., Kalcheva, S., Van den Branden, G. & Koonen, E., 2012, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. American Nuclear Society, Vol. 106. p. 857-860 4 p. (Transactions of the American Nuclear Society).

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• Reactivity Performances of Two Prototypes HEU Fuel Elements with Cadmium Wires Irradiated in the BR2 Reactor

  Kalcheva, S., Van den Branden, G. & Koonen, E., 18 Mar 2012, Rrfm 2012. Brussels, Belgium

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• Swelling of U(Mo)–Al(Si) dispersion fuel under irradiation – Non-destructive analyses of the LEONIDAS E-FUTURE plates

  Van den Berghe, S., Parthoens, Y., Charollais, F., Kim, Y. S., Leenaers, A., Koonen, E., Kuzminov, V., Lemoine, P., Jarousse, C., Guyon, H., Wachs, D., Keiser, D., Robinson, A., Stevens, J., Hofman, G. & Sannen, L. (Peer reviewer), 4 Jul 2012, In: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 430, 1-3, p. 246-258

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• 2011

  Application of MCNPX 2.7.D for Reactor Core Management at the Research Reactor BR2

  Kalcheva, S. & Koonen, E., 18 May 2011, International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2011). LaGrange Park, IL, United States

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