Concept of the Fuel Cycle of the IGNITOR Tokamak

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - In 2015, the development of the conceptual design of IGNITOR, a Russian–Italian experimental thermonuclear tokamak, was completed, and the parameters of all the...     

Comprehensive Analysis of Nanostructure of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels as Prospective Materials for Nuclear Reactors

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - The enhanced mechanical properties of oxide dispersion-strengthened (ODS) steels are mainly due to the high density of homogeneously distributed oxide inclusions. It is...     

The Use of Hydrogen as a Fuel for Engines in the Energy Cycle of Remote Production Facilities

The approach to using hydrogen as fuel, which ensures the smooth operation of autonomous power systems that use renewable energy sources (wind or solar power installations) with the stochastic mode of power generation, has been presented. The fundamental possibility of implementing the nondetonation combustion of hydrogen via the addition of ecologically clean components or a small percentage of methane has been demonstrated by methods of mathematical modeling.

     

利用高能离子模拟研究反应堆结构材料中的辐照效应

简要介绍了载能粒子辐射损伤对反应堆结构材料性能的影响,阐述了载能粒子束特别是高能离子束开展模拟研究的优势,并举例说明了国内利用高能重离子模拟研究反应堆结构材料辐射效应取得的进展。实验结果和理论分析表明,载能离子特别是高能离子辐照非常适合用于模拟研究反应堆结构材料中由粒子辐射引起的材料微观结构和宏观性能变化,是模拟研究反应堆结构材料辐射效应的非常有效的手段。 Radiation damage in structural materials of fission/fusion reactors is mainly attributed to the evolution of intensive atom displacement damage induced by energetic particles （ n, α and/or fission fragments） and highrate helium doping by direct α particle bombardments and/or （n, α） reactions. It can cause severe degradation of reactor structural materials such as surface blistering, bulk void swelling, deformation, fatigue, embrittlement, stress erosion corrosion and so on that will significantly affect the operation safety of reactors. However, up to now, behavior of structural materials at the end of their service can hardly be fully tested in a real reactor. In the present paper, damage process in reactor structural materials is briefly introduced, then the advantages of energetic ion implantation/irradiation especially high-energy heavy ion irradiation are discussed, and several typical examples on simulation of radiation effects in reactor candidate structural materials using high-energy heavy ion irradiations are introduced. Experimental results and theoretical analysis suggested that irradiation with energetic particles especially high-energy heavy ions is a very useful technique for simulating the evolution of microstructures and macro-properties of reactor structural materials.     

Possibility of Improving the Parameters of VVER Reactors by Using Metal-Ceramic Fuel Based on Metallic Uranium Nanopowder

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - The first results of the initial stage of studying the possibility of using the pellet oxide fuel with the addition of metallic uranium nanopowder in VVER reactors are...     

The First Stage of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory in Australia

This paper presents an overview of Australian experimental research in gravitational radiation detection, and describes the research program of the Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy which is constructing the first stage of the Australian International Gravitational Observatory.     

Origin在不同材料导热系数测定中的应用

针对导热系数测定实验中数据处理不准确的问题,对牛筋、橡胶、铝三种不同材料在自然冷却和风扇冷却条件下的导热系数进行了测量,利用Origin软件进行分析比较表明,用二项式拟合和指数拟合即可得到较高的相关度,并且材料的导热系数与降温方式无关。     

Examination of the Thermal Cloaking Effectiveness with Layered Engineering Materials

The concentrically layered thermal cloaks with isotropic materials could realize the equivalent thermal cloaking effect with Pendry's cloak,while the effectiveness is scarcely investigated quantitatively.Here we examine the cloaking effectiveness quantitatively by evaluating the standard deviation of the temperature difference between the simulated plane with the layered thermal cloak and Pendry's thermal cloak.The design rules for the isotropic materials in terms of thermal conductivity and layer thickness are presented.The present method could quantitatively evaluate the cloaking effectiveness,and could open avenues for analyzing the cloaking effect,detecting the(anti-) cloaks,etc.     

Physical Aspects of the Waste of Re-Enrichment Utilization for Recycled Uranium from VVER-1000/1200 Spent Fuel Reprocessing in Molten Salt Reactors

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - The problems of utilization of waste from re-enrichment of regenerated uranium from 232U isotope in a reactor with circulating liquid fuel based on melts of metal...     

Thermal Analysis of the Ferromagnetic Materials in the Region of Curie Temperature by Temperature-Modulated DTA

Thermal analysis has been employed to measure changes of the heat capacity of ferromagnetic materials such as alloys in the region of the Curie temperature. Thermal response for these materials is usually small in this region. The necessary increase in sensitivity was achieved by applying temperature modulation. Results obtained by this technique including temperature-modulated differential thermal analysis simultaneously with A.C. thermomagnetometry are presented.     

Fissile radionuclides in thyroid of the inhabitants of the gomel region in belarus and peculiarities of their distribution

Severe radiation damages with the following substitution of connective tissue are the effect of high doses in microvolumes of the thyroid. Calcium, strontium and uranium deposited into these sections was more as compared to a normal tissue of the thyroid. An estimation of the microdistribution of fissile radionuclides was carried out using the method of fragmental radiography. The analysis of tracks done visually using a microscope magnification of 300 revealed the local density of fission fragments up to 10³ mm⁻². The irradiation of the surrounded cells which contain the hidden genetic damages, initiated by radioiodine, does not exclude their possible promoter role in thyroid cancerogenesis.     

延性材料动态拉伸断裂早期连通过程的逾渗描述

 借鉴逾渗理论,提出了新的应力松弛函数,简称PR函数（Percolation-Release Function）,用以描述断裂发生前由于微孔洞连通而引起的快速应力松弛过程,具有较为明确的物理意义。通过其与损伤度函数模型进行耦合,对无氧铜和45钢平板撞击层裂进行了数值模拟。结果表明：数值计算不仅有效地再现了界面的应力历史和自由面速度历史,而且再现了靶中的损伤分布;新的逾渗松弛函数具有较好的适用性。     

Usage and Experimental Tests of the Modified Waveguide Method for Measurement of the Complex Permittivity and Permeability of Materials

Physics of Wave Phenomena - Results of the numerical experiment are presented, which allow considerably extending the range of the waveguide method capabilities in determination of the complex...     

Production of the 186mRe Isomer in Nuclear Reactors

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - To provide experiments on stimulation of de-excitation of the isomer state of the 186mRe nucleus (isomer half-life T1/2 = 2 × 105 yr) with...     

On the Decomposition of Silane in Plasma Deposition Reactors

In a low-pressure discharge, plasma-enhanced decomposition of silane proceeds by various channels including electron-impact, ion- and radical-induced, and heterogeneous reactions. The results of several experiments are presented to clarify the relative importance of the processes. The conclusions of these studies and associated analysis are that the dominant processes are strongly influenced by the gas residence time, the power density input, and the electronegative characteristics of the silane discharge.     

Thermal Spin Squeezing as a Signature of Thermal Global Entanglement in Heisenberg Models

We study thermal spin squeezing (TSS) and thermal global entanglement (TGE) in a general Heisenberg spin chain, in the presence of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and an external magnetic field. We derive an inequality associating the squeezing parameter and the global concurrence, which establishes (TSS) as a signature of (TGE). The inequality reduces to equality for particular symmetric chains which also associates TSS with bipartite entanglement in such systems. We also check the results by presenting two numerical examples.