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INSIDER

Laura Aldave De Las Heras and Danièle Roudil (Guest editors)

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Editorial

INSIDER E3

Danièle Roudil and Laura Aldave de Las Heras

Published online: 29 June 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020010

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Metrology applications to D&D issues: issues at stake for INSIDER European project 17

Danièle Roudil, Marielle Crozet, Sébastien Picart, Ben Russell, Margarita Herranz, Sven Boden, Paolo Peerani and Laura Aldave De Las Heras

Published online: 30 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019052

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Development of a user-friendly guideline for data analysis and sampling design strategy 16

Yvon Desnoyers and Bart Rogiers

Published online: 30 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020006

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UC1 sampling plan, liquid waste storage tanks, JRC Ispra 15

Gunhild von Oertzen, Olaf Nitzsche and Artur Hashymov

Published online: 30 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019043

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INSIDER UC2: the BR3 biological shield preliminary results and future work 14

Wouter Broeckx, Bart Rogiers, Nico Mangelschots, Ronny Vandyck, Greet Verstrepen and Sven Boden

Published online: 30 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019054

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Use case 3: post accidental site remediation − CEA 13

Yvon Desnoyers, Claire Faucheux and Nadia Pérot

Published online: 30 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019060

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INSIDER WP5 (in situ measurements): developed activities, main results and conclusions 12

Margarita Herranz, Raquel Idoeta, Khalil Amgarou, Frédéric Aspe, Csilla Csöme, Sven Boden and Marielle Crozet

Published online: 30 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019061

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Analysis of radionuclides in microsystem: application to the selective recovery of ⁵⁵Fe by solvent extraction 10

Somasoudrame Rassou, Clarisse Mariet and Thomas Vercouter

Published online: 30 March 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020002

Euratom Research and Training in 2019: challenges, achievements and future perspectives

R. Garbil, C. Davies and D. Diaconu (Guest editors)

Open Access

Editorial

Euratom Research and Training in 2019: challenges, achievements and future perspectives E2

Roger Garbil, Christophe Davies and Daniela Diaconu

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019035

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Euratom success stories in facilitating pan-European education and training collaborative efforts 46

Roger Garbil

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019016

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JRC in Euratom Research and Training Programme − 2014–2020 45

Said Abousahl, Andrea Bucalossi, Victor Esteban Gran and Manuel Martin Ramos

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019036

Part 1: Safety research and training of reactor systems

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Safety assurance through advances in long-term operation 44

Kevin James Mottershead, Christian Robertson, Sebastian Lindqvist, Francisco Javier Perosanz Lopez and Eija Karita Puska

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019015

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Reactor performance, system reliability, instrumentation and control 43

Andreas Schumm, Madalina Rabung, Gregory Marque and Jary Hamalainen

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019017

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Advanced numerical simulation and modelling for reactor safety − contributions from the CORTEX, HPMC, McSAFE and NURESAFE projects 42

Christophe Demazière, Victor Hugo Sanchez-Espinoza and Bruno Chanaron

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019006

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Innovative Gen-II/III and research reactors' fuels and materials 41

Pietro Agostini, Marco Utili, Konstantza Lambrinou, Heikki Keinänen, Paivi Karjalainen-Roikonen and Mariana Arnoult Ruzickova

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019008

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Innovative and safe supply of fuels for reactors 40

Stéphane Valance, Bruno Baumeister, Winfried Petry and Jan Höglund

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019013

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Safety assessments and severe accidents, impact of external events on nuclear power plants and on mitigation strategies 39

Jean-Pierre Van Dorsselaere, Ahmed Bentaib, Thierry Albiol, Florian Fichot, Alexei Miassoedov, Joerg Starflinger, Holger Nowack and Gisela Niedermayer

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019010

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Probabilistic safety assessment for internal and external events/European projects H2020-NARSIS and FP7-ASAMPSA_E 38

Evelyne Foerster, Emmanuel Raimond and Yves Guigueno

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019012

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Nuclear and radiological emergency management and preparedness 37

Federico Rocchi, Isabelle Devol-Brown and Wolfgang Raskob

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019011

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Review of Euratom projects on design, safety assessment, R&D and licensing for ESNII/Gen-IV fast neutron systems 36

Konstantin Mikityuk, Luca Ammirabile, Massimo Forni, Jacek Jagielski, Nathalie Girault, Akos Horvath, Jan-Leen Kloosterman, Mariano Tarantino and Alfredo Vasile

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019007

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Partitioning and transmutation strategy R&D for nuclear spent fuel: the SACSESS and GENIORS projects 35

Stéphane Bourg, Andreas Geist, Jean-Marc Adnet, Chris Rhodes and Bruce C. Hanson

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019009

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Fuel fabrication and reprocessing issues: the ASGARD project 34

Christian Ekberg, Teodora Retegan, Eva De Visser Tynova, Mark Sarsfield and Janne Wallenius

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019014

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Partitioning and transmutation contribution of MYRRHA to an EU strategy for HLW management and main achievements of MYRRHA related FP7 and H2020 projects: MYRTE, MARISA, MAXSIMA, SEARCH, MAX, FREYA, ARCAS 33

Hamid Aït Abderrahim, Peter Baeten, Alain Sneyers, Marc Schyns, Paul Schuurmans, Anatoly Kochetkov, Gert Van den Eynde and Jean-Luc Biarrotte

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019038

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Advances on GenIV structural and fuel materials and cross-cutting activities between fission and fusion 32

Lorenzo Malerba, Pietro Agostini, Marjorie Bertolus, Fabienne Delage, Annelise Gallais-During, Christian Grisolia, Karine Liger and Pierre-François Giroux

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019021

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Nuclear cogeneration with high temperature reactors 31

Grzegorz Wrochna, Michael Fütterer and Dominique Hittner

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019023

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Nuclear data research supported by EURATOM: CHANDA, ERINDA and EUFRAT 30

Enrique Miguel Gonzalez, Arnd Rudolf Junghans, Arjan Plompen and Peter Schillebeeckx

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019024

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Education, training and mobility: towards a common effort to assure a future workforce in Europe and abroad 29

Walter Ambrosini, Rosa Lo Frano, Leon Cizelj, Pedro Dieguez-Porras, Egidijus Urbonavicius, Iskren Cvetkov, Daniela Diaconu, Jan Leen Kloosterman and Rudy J.M. Konings

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019018

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Improved expertise in radiation protection, nuclear chemistry and geological disposal 28

Michèle Coeck, Thomas Jung, Mandy Birschwilks, Clemens Walther, Behrooz Bazargan-Sabet and Thomas Perko

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019020

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Infrastructure and international cooperation in research and knowledge transfer: supporting access to key infrastructures and pan-European research − lessons learned 27

Concetta Fazio, Karl-Fredrik Nilsson, Dario Manara, Arjan Plompen, Andrea Bucalossi, Stéphane Bourg, Rik-Wouter Bosch, Jean-Claude Bouchter, Walter Ambrosini, Rosa Lo Frano et al. (2 more)

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019019

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Supporting infrastructures and research reactors: status, needs and international cooperation, IAEA ICERR (International CEntres based on Research Reactors) and IGORR (International Group on Research Reactors), FP7 and H2020 JHR access rights 26

Gilles Bignan and Jean-Yves Blanc

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019022

Part 2: Radioactive waste management

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Thermal treatment for radioactive waste minimisation 25

Matti Nieminen, Markus Olin, Jaana Laatikainen-Luntama, Stephen M. Wickham, Slimane Doudou, Adam J. Fuller, Jenny Kent, Maxime Fournier, Sean Clarke, Charlie Scales et al. (5 more)

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019040

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Science underpinning the safety case of deep geological repositories − challenges in the past and in the future and how to maintain knowledge and competence during operation 24

Johan Andersson

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019037

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Beacon: bentonite mechanical evolution 23

Patrik Sellin, Mary Westermark, Olivier Leupin, Simon Norris, Antonio Gens, Klaus Wieczorek, Jean Talandier and Johan Swahn

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019045

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Needs of countries with longer timescale for deep geological repository implementation 22

Bálint Nős

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019042

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EURAD − the European Joint Programme for research on radioactive waste management between EU members states national programmes 21

Marie Garcia, Tara Beattie and Stéphan Schumacher

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019044

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A nuclear owner/operator perspective on ways and means for joint programming on predisposal activities 20

Michel Pieraccini and Sylvain Granger

Published online: 05 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019039

Progress in the Science and Technology of Nuclear Reactors using Molten Salts

Jan Leen Kloosterman, Elsa Merle and Jean Ragusa (Guest editors)

Open Access

Editorial

Editorial : progress in the science and technology of nuclear reactors using molten salts E1

Jan Leen Kloosterman, Elsa Merle and Jean C. Ragusa

Published online: 28 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019063

Chemistry

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Effect of the [U(IV)]/[U(III)] ratio on selective chromium corrosion and tellurium intergranular cracking of Hastelloy N alloy in the fuel LiF-BeF₂-UF₄ salt 4

Aleksandr Surenkov, Victor Ignatiev, Mikhail Presnyakov, Jianqiang Wang, Zhijun Li, Xinmei Yang and Zhimin Dai

Published online: 20 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019033

Safety Evaluation

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Preliminary proliferation study of the molten salt fast reactor 5

Michel Allibert, Elsa Merle, Sylvie Delpech, Delphine Gerardin, Daniel Heuer, Axel Laureau and Simon Moreau

Published online: 28 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019062

Euratom Research and Training in 2019: the Awards collection

R. Garbil, C. Davies and D. Diaconu (Guest editors)

Open Access

SESAME project: advancements in liquid metal thermal hydraulics experiments and simulations 18

Mariano Tarantino, Ferry Roelofs, Afaque Shams, Abdalla Batta, Vincent Moreau, Ivan Di Piazza, Antoine Gershenfeld and Philippe Planquart

Published online: 08 April 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019046

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Hydraulic and statistical study of metastable phenomena in PWR rod bundles 6

Florian Muller

Published online: 07 February 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019057

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Contribution to the study of fission products release from nuclear fuels in severe accident conditions: effect of the pO₂ on Cs, Mo and Ba speciation 2

Claire Le Gall, Fabienne Audubert, Jacques Léchelle, Yves Pontillon and Jean-Louis Hazemann

Published online: 07 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019058

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Effects of the initial granular structure of clay sealing materials on their swelling properties: experiments and DEM simulations 1

Benjamin Darde, Anh Minh Tang, Jean-Noël Roux, Patrick Dangla, Jean-Michel Pereira, Jean Talandier and Minh Ngoc Vu

Published online: 03 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019059

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Empirical estimation of uncertainties of Charpy impact testing transition temperatures for an RPV steel 57

Bernard Marini

Published online: 10 November 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020019

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High to Low pellet cladding gap heat transfer modeling methodology in an uncertainty quantification framework for a PWR Rod Ejection Accident with best estimate coupling 56

Gregory Kyriakos Delipei, Josselin Garnier, Jean-Charles Le Pallec and Benoit Normand

Published online: 28 October 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020018

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Review of kinetic modulation experiments in low power nuclear reactors 55

Yifeng Jiang, Benoit Geslot, Vincent Lamirand and Pierre Leconte

Published online: 19 October 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020017

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Generation of correlation and covariance matrices for the recommended temporal DN parameters in 6- and 8-group models 54

Vladimir M. Piksaikin, Andrey S. Egorov, Dmitrii E. Gremyachkin, Konstantin V. Mitrofanov and Vjacheslav F. Mitrofanov

Published online: 11 September 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020013

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The knowledge management on the design of a generation IV sodium fast reactor project at CEA. The case and methodology applied on the Astrid project 53

Gilles Rodriguez, Philippe Amphoux, David Plancq, Edwige Richebois, Frédéric Varaine and Philippe Bigeon

Published online: 04 September 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020016

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Data assimilation of post-irradiation examination data for fission yields from GEF 52

Daniel Siefman, Mathieu Hursin, Henrik Sjostrand, Georg Schnabel, Dimitri Rochman and Andreas Pautz

Published online: 28 August 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020015

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Numerical design of thorium and uranium fuel samples irradiation in lead environment 51

Mikolaj Oettingen

Published online: 18 August 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020014

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Newton’s second law analogy for the traveling wave of nuclear burning 50

Vitalii Urbanevych, Igor Sharph, Viktor Tarasov and Vitaliy Rusov

Published online: 01 July 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020012

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COSICAF, a fission chamber simulation tool for academic purposes 49

Grégoire de Izarra

Published online: 19 June 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020011

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Modeling and control of xenon oscillations in thermal neutron reactors 48

Bertrand Mercier, Zeng Ziliang, Chen Liyi and Shao Nuoya

Published online: 28 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020009

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An improved method to evaluate the “Joint Oxyde-Gaine” formation in (U,Pu)O₂ irradiated fuels using the GERMINAL V2 code coupled to Calphad thermodynamic computations 47

Karl Samuelsson, Jean-Christophe Dumas, Bo Sundman and Marc Lainet

Published online: 20 May 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020008

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Validating nuclear data uncertainties obtained from a statistical analysis of experimental data with the “Physical Uncertainty Bounds” method 19

Denise Neudecker, Morgan Curtis White, Diane Elizabeth Vaughan and Gowri Srinivasan

Published online: 29 April 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020007

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Uncertainty propagation for the design study of the PETALE experimental programme in the CROCUS reactor 9

Axel Laureau, Vincent Lamirand, Dimitri Rochman and Andreas Pautz

Published online: 08 April 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020004

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Uncertainty propagation based on correlated sampling technique for nuclear data applications 8

Axel Laureau, Vincent Lamirand, Dimitri Rochman and Andreas Pautz

Published online: 08 April 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020003

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Influence of the dissolved hydrogen concentration on the radioactive contamination of the primary loops of DOEL-4 PWR using the OSCAR code 7

Mehdi Gherrab, Frédéric Dacquait, Dominique You, Etienne Tevissen, Raphaël Lecocq and Kim Schildermans

Published online: 25 February 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2020005

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A minimal predictive model for better formulations of solvent phases with low viscosity 3

Maximilian Pleines, Maximilian Hahn, Jean Duhamet and Thomas Zemb

Published online: 15 January 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2019055