JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NO. 20, MAY. 2021

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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, NO. 20, MAY. 2021

CONTENT

Editorial

n Nuclear Development and the Impact of the Disruptive Technologies

M. Constantin

1

n Applications of ASTEC Code in relation with Hydrogen Generation on a Generic CANDU 6 Reactor

G. Radu

5

n Improving the WIMS-DIREN-RELAP Methodology to model LOCA Transients in a CANDU Reactor

I. Prodea, M. Şerbănel, L. Aionei

16

n Evaluation of Spent Fuel Inventory and Radioactivity for CANDU type Fuel Bundles containing
different U-based Compositions

C. A. Mărgeanu

23

n Thorium Fuel Bundle Behaviour under Irradiation Conditions. A Comparative Study

A. C. Răduţ, R. M. Roman, E. Matei, I. Prisecaru

31

n Application of Monte Carlo Techniques to Spent Fuel Shielding Calculations

N. Elbassiony, C. A. Mărgeanu, M. Sallah, A. ElGarayhi

38

n Thermal-Hydraulic Effects of Impurity Deposition on Steam-Generator Tubes of ALFRED Reactor

A. Vîlcu, A. Moise, R.M. Ion

44

n CFD Model for the Heat Transfer during the Ice Plugging Process of Large Diameter Pipes

B. Corbescu, D. Puiu, E. Matei, V. N. Panaitescu

49

n Experimental Study of Antimony Adsorption on Magnetite in Aqueous Solutions

D. Petrescu, D. Diniaşi, A. Tudose, C. Bucur

56

n X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Investigation of Plasma Modified 316l Stainless Steel Surface

I. Vlăduţ, A. H. Marin, O. Rusu, E. Coacă, M. Pătraşcu, D. Diniaşi

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n A New Approach to obtain Ramberg-Osgood Constitutive Equation for Materials used in Structural Components of Nuclear Reactors

L. Stoica, V. Radu, A. Niţu, V. IOnescu. D. Toma

65

n Monitoring Techniques for NPP Electrical Cables Condition

D. Puiu, B. Corbescu, V. G. Ionescu, C. Cepisca

69

n Optimization of the Smear Sampling Method for Evaluation of Tritium Contamination on Metallic Surfaces

C. Dulama, R. Dobrin, V. Neculae

77

n An Approach for the Calibration of the KVP for the X-Ray Tubes

R. H. Bakr, M. A. Hassan, A. R. El-Sersy

82

n Irradiation Technologies and the Radioisotope Production at INR Pitesti

M. Mincu, D. Miriţă, A.M. Ivan, G.C. Lazăr, A. Gheorghe

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n Key Elements of the R&D Activity Supporting the Steam Generator Ageing Management Program

D. Lucan

93

n FHS Personnel Training, Examination and Knowledge Evaluation – SIPEC PRO E-Learning Informatics System

I. Dobrin, N. Marinescu

100

Editorial policy and practices

105

Instructions for authors

108

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