Juste Vidal, Belen Jeanine; Miró Herrero, Rafael; Verdú Martín, Gumersindo Jesús; Diez Domingo, Sergio; Campayo Esteban, Juan Manuel(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011)
[EN] An accurate knowledge of the spectral distribution emission is essential for precise dose calculations in radiotherapy treatment planning. Reconstruction of photon spectra emitted by medical accelerators from measured ...
[EN] The simplified spherical harmonics equations are a useful approximation to the stationary neutron transport equation. The eigenvalue problem associated with them is a challenging problem from the computational point ...
[EN] This paper proposes a methodology for burnup credit of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) pool storage based on the axial burnup of the fuel assemblies. Following the NRC guidance and normative for NPP safety, axial burnup ...
[EN] Recently, the interest in the study of various types of transients involving changes in the boron concentration inside the reactor, has led to an increase in the interest of developing and studying new models and tools ...
Mayo Nogueira, Patricia; Ródenas Escribá, Francisco De Asís; Verdú Martín, Gumersindo Jesús; Villaescusa, J.I; Campayo, Juan Manuel(Oxford University Press, 2005-12-20)
[EN] Mammographic phantom images are usually used to study the quality of images obtained by dedicated mammographic equipment. The digital image treatment techniques allow us to carry out an automatic analysis of the phantom ...
[EN] The early detection of anomalies through the analysis of the neutron noise recorded by in-core and ex-core instrumentation gives the possibility to take proper actions before such problems lead to safety concerns or ...
[EN] The quality of computed radiography (CR) images typically relate to patient radiation exposure. The lower the X-ray dose exposure, the higher the level of inherent noise in the CR images. In this work, we address the ...
[EN] Mixed-dual formulations of the finite element method were successfully applied to the neutron diffusion equation, such as the Raviart¿Thomas method in Cartesian geometry and the Raviart¿Thomas¿Schneider in hexagonal ...
[EN] The simulation of transient events is a requirement in the evaluation of the safety of Nuclear Power Plants. The Nuclear Authority request the operators to report the prediction of the evolution of the corresponding ...
[EN] The development of the computer technology, as well as the research in the different science fields governing the core behavior of a Light Water Reactor, allows implementing all the known physics and consider detailed ...
Carreño, Amanda; Vidal-Ferràndiz, Antoni; Ginestar Peiro, Damián; Verdú Martín, Gumersindo Jesús(International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2017-07-05)
[EN] High accuracy is required for the solution of the lambda modes problem associated with the
neutron diffusion equation. In this work, a multigrid method based on finite element method
has been proposed to solve this ...
A precise estimation of the photon spectra emitted by radiation therapy Linacs is especially important to accurately estimate the dose received by patients in order to improve treatment plannings. Moreover the knowledge ...
[EN] Climate change is demonstrated through global surface temperatures increase in the last century. To stop this phenomenon, new regulations that ban or tax greenhouse gas fluids (HFC among them) have been approved. In ...
[EN] Optical tomography has found many medical applications that need to know how the photons interact with the different tissues. The majority of the photon transport simulations are done using the diffusion approximation, ...
[EN] The mechanical vibrations of fuel assemblies have been shown to give rise to high levels of neutron noise, triggering in some circumstances the necessity to operate nuclear reactors at a reduced power level. This work ...
[ES] El código TRAC-BF1 sigue siendo ampliamente utilizado por la industria
nuclear para análisis de seguridad. Los modelos de planta desarrollados con este
código termohidráulico están sumamente validados, por lo que ...
En
el análisis de seguridad nuclear, es muy
importante ser capaz de
simular los diferentes transitorios que pueden ocurrir en una planta nuclear con una alta precisión. Las simulaciones transitorias implican ...
Carreño, Amanda; Vidal-Ferràndiz, Antoni; Ginestar Peiro, Damián; Verdú Martín, Gumersindo Jesús(R. Company, J. C. Cortés, L. Jódar and E. López-Navarro, 2019-07-12)
[EN] The solution of the time-dependent neutron diffusion equation can be approximated using quasi-static methods that factorise the neutronic flux as the product of a time dependent function times a shape function that ...
[EN] The distribution of the power inside a reactor core can be described by the time dependent multigroup neutron diffusion equation. One of the approaches to integrate this time-dependent equation is the modal method, ...