Optimization progress of large-scale radiation shielding Monte Carlo simulation software based on AIS variance reduction technique system: MCShield by Wu Jiajun, Wu Zhen, Hu Ankang, Hao Yisheng, Pu Yanheng, Zhang Hui, Qiu Rui, Li Junli

“…MCShield, developed by the Radiation Protection and Environmental Protection Laboratory at Tsinghua University, is a Monte Carlo program designed for coupled neutron/photon/electron transport in radiation shielding calculations. …”
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Some Movement Mechanisms and Characteristics in Pebble Bed Reactor by Xingtuan Yang, Yu Li, Nan Gui, Xinlong Jia, Jiyuan Tu, Shengyao Jiang

“…The pebblebed-type high temperature gas-cooled reactor is considered to be one of the promising solutions for generation IV advanced reactors, and the two-region arranged reactor core can enhance its advantages by flattening neutron flux. However, this application is held back by the existence of mixing zone between central and peripheral regions, which results from pebbles’ dispersion motions. …”
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Avoided Crossing Phonons Realizes High‐Performance Single‐Crystalline β‐Zn4Sb3 Thermoelectrics by I‐Lun Jen, Cheng‐Yen Lin, Kuang‐Kuo Wang, Chun‐Ming Wu, Chi‐Hung Lee, Hsin‐Jay Wu

“…Abstract This study reveals the mechanisms behind the ultralow lattice thermal conductivity κL in β‐Zn4Sb3 single crystals through inelastic neutron scattering (INS). Analyzing phonon behaviors and the interaction between acoustic phonons and rattling modes, the first experimental evidence of avoided crossing in β‐Zn4Sb3 is provided. …”
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Investigation of the Atomic Structure of Ge-Sb-Se Chalcogenide Glasses by M. Fabian, N. Dulgheru, K. Antonova, A. Szekeres, M. Gartner

“…. %) have been synthesized. Neutron and X-ray diffraction techniques were used to study the atomic glassy structure, and Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) simulations were applied to model the 3-dimensional atomic configurations and thorough mapping of the atomic parameters, such as first and second neighbour distances, coordination numbers, and bond-angle distributions. …”
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Impact of Strontium and Krypton Release from Ghana’s MNSR following a Conjectural Accident Scenario by S. A. Birikorang, R. G. Abrefah, H. K. Obeng, K. Gyamfi

“…This paper provides a comprehensive insight report on an account of a research investigation carried out in addressing a radiological safety issue of Ghana’s Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR) during its core conversion project. …”
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Design of a small-scale and failure-resistant IaaS cloud using OpenStack by Samuel Heuchert, Bhaskar Prasad Rimal, Martin Reisslein, Yong Wang

“…Design/methodology/approach – To demonstrate these enablement goals of resiliency and elasticity in IaaS and PaaS, the authors design a private distributed system cloud platform using OpenStack and its core services of Nova, Swift, Cinder, Neutron, Keystone, Horizon and Glance on a five-node deployment. …”
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In-situ synthesize of Ag NPs/SiO2 nanocomposite by gamma ray and its application as catalyst in decolorization of dyes by M. Bagherzadeh, M.H. Choopan Dastjerdi, J. Mokhtari, F. Abadian-Naeini, M. Mohsennia

“…The cell was designed to allow gamma radiation to samples without neutron collisions and prevent the samples from becoming radioactive. …”
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Cooperative mechanisms of oxide ion conduction in tellurites with secondary bond interactions and Grotthuss-like processes by Zhenyu Zhu, Guanqun Cai, Yuxiang Feng, Juping Xu, Shengqi Chu, Pengfei An, Jianrong Zeng, Wen Yin, Yu Gu, Xiaojun Kuang, Junliang Sun

“…Bi2Te2O7 and Bi2Te4O11 were selected due to their abundance of secondary bonds similar to hydrogen bonds and show high oxide ionic conductivity as mixed electronic and ionic conductors. Neutron total scattering experiments with reverse Monte Carlo simulations indicated that the oxide ion migration in those two tellurites is a synergetic effect of mutual transition between Te-O secondary bonds and covalent bonds assisted by Te-O polyhedra rotation. …”
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Design Optimization of HANARO Irradiation Capsule for Long-Term Irradiation Testing by Kee Nam Choo, Man Soon Cho, Seong Woo Yang, Byung Hyuk Jun, Myong Seop Kim

“…As HANARO has been recently required to support new R&D relevant to future nuclear systems requiring much higher neutron fluence, two types of bottom rod tip of the capsule were preliminarily prepared. …”
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Transmutations of Long-Lived and Medium-Lived Fission Products Extracted from CANDU and PWR Spent Fuels in an Accelerator-Driven System by Alper Buğra Arslan, İlayda Yilmaz, Gizem Bakir, Hüseyin Yapici

“…The ADS consists of LBE-spallation neutron target, subcritical fuel zone, and graphite reflector zone. …”
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Conceptual Design of a 10 MW Multipurpose Research Reactor Using VVR-KN Fuel by Nhi-Dien Nguyen, Kien-Cuong Nguyen, Ton-Nghiem Huynh, Doan-Hai-Dang Vo, Hoai-Nam Tran

“…The paper presents a conceptual design of a 10 MW multipurpose nuclear research reactor (MPRR) loaded with the low-enriched uranium (LEU) VVR-KN fuel type. Neutronics and burnup calculations have been performed using the REBUS-MCNP6 linkage system code and the ENDF/B-VII.0 data library. …”
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Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Coolant Flow Decrease in Fuel Channels of Smolensk-3 RBMK during GDH Blockage Event by A. Lombardi Costa, M. Cherubini, F. D'Auria, W. Giannotti, A. Moskalev

“…The calculations were performed using the 0-D NK (neutron kinetic) model of the RELAP5-3.3 stand-alone code. …”
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A Coupled Calculation Suite for Atucha II Operational Transients Analysis by Oscar Mazzantini, Miguel Schivo, Julián Di Césare, Ricardo Garbero, Matías Rivero, Germán Theler

“…The developed tool includes three-dimensional spatial neutron kinetics, a channel-level model of the core thermal hydraulics with subcooled boiling correlations, a one-dimensional model of the primary and secondary circuits including pumps, steam generators, heat exchangers, and the turbine with all their associated control loops, and a complete simulation of the reactor control, limitation, and protection system working in closed-loop conditions as a faithful representation of the real power plant. …”
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Lipoic acid-boronophenylalanine-derived multifunctional vesicles for cancer chemoradiotherapy by Liqun Dai, Jie Liu, Tingyu Yang, Xiaorui Yu, Yi Lu, Lili Pan, Siming Zhou, Diyun Shu, Yuanhao Liu, Wuyu Mao, Zhiyong Qian

“…This design facilitates their application in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) alongside chemotherapy for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. …”
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Comprehensive study for radiation shielding features for Bi2O3–B2O3–ZnO composite using computational radioanalytical Phy-X/PSD, MCNP5, and SRIM software by Y. S. Alajerami, M. H. A. Mhareb, M. I. Sayyed, M. Kh. Hamad, F. Kodeh, M. Rashad, M. Mitwalli

“…Appraisal studies are carried out depending on the simulation capabilities of Phy-X/PSD software in conjunction with MCNP5 to achieve this goal. In addition, the neutron and charged particle shielding properties were evaluated theoretically. …”
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Prognosis modelling of adverse events for post-PCI treated AMI patients based on inflammation and nutrition indexes by Liu Yang, Li Du, Yuanyuan Ge, Muhui Ou, Wanyan Huang, Xianmei Wang

“…These nine factors were employed to establish stepwise regression (SR), random forest (RF), naïve Bayes (NB), decision trees (DT), and artificial neutron network (ANN), whose performances were evaluated in terms of accuracy, kappa, F1, receiver operating characteristic, precision recall curve, etc. …”
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3D Convective Urca Process in a Simmering White Dwarf by Brendan Boyd, Alan Calder, Dean Townsley, Michael Zingale

“…The convective Urca process is not well understood and requires 3D fluid simulations to properly model the turbulent convection, an inherently 3D process. Because the neutron excess of the fluid both sets and is set by the extent of the convection zone, the realistic steady state can only be determined in simulations with real 3D mixing processes. …”
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The stability of anisotropic compact stars influenced by dark matter under teleparallel gravity: an extended gravitational deformation approach by Sneha Pradhan, Piyali Bhar, Sanjay Mandal, P. K. Sahoo, Kazuharu Bamba

“…To validate our findings, we compare our model predictions with observational constraints, including GW190814 (with a mass range of $$2.5-2.67 M_{\odot }$$ 2.5 - 2.67 M ⊙ ) and neutron stars (NSTRs) such as EXO 1785-248 [mass= $$1.3_{-0.2}^{+0.2}~M_{\odot }$$ 1 . 3 - 0.2 + 0.2 M ⊙ ], 4U 1608-52 [mass= $$1.74_{-0.14}^{+0.14}~M_{\odot }$$ 1 . 74 - 0.14 + 0.14 M ⊙ ], and PSR J0952-0607 [mass= $$2.35_{-0.17}^{+0.17}~M_{\odot }$$ 2 . 35 - 0.17 + 0.17 M ⊙ ]. …”
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Preface by CTA Editorial Board

“…A scientific laboratory “Neutron-diffraction studies of complex oxides” was organized jointly with the Institute for Metal Physics in 1997. …”
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Bazhenov formation anomalous section within the Uvat oil and gas bearing area by Dmitry A. Staroselets, Pavel V. Smirnov, Anatoly V. Trenkin

“…The logging materials are represented by 154 wells and include the following methods: intrinsic polarisation, gamma ray logging, induction, neutron and lateral logs. Results. The authors have carried out the analysis of the Bazhenov formation sediments within the Uvat oil and gas bearing area. …”
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