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Improvements in the design of the Venezuelan Research Reactor RV-1, based on a refined thermal-hydraulic analysis

H. Carvajal-Osorio, R. E. Parra, K. Mishima

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The plate-type Venezuelan research reactor RV-1, which reached criticality in 1960 (Ref. 1), has a limited capacity for sample irradiations and for beam experiments despite its 3-M intermediate power. This is mainly due to its current fuel design, which contains low concentrations of 20% enriched uranium, as originally designed, generating relatively low neutron fluxes in a non-compact-core size.

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The plate-type Venezuelan research reactor RV-1, which reached criticality in 1960 (Ref. 1), has a limited capacity for sample irradiations and for beam experiments despite its 3-M intermediate power. This is mainly due to its current fuel design, which contains low concentrations of 20% enriched uranium, as originally designed, generating relatively low neutron fluxes in a non-compact-core size.

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The plate-type Venezuelan research reactor RV-1, which reached criticality in 1960 (Ref. 1), has a limited capacity for sample irradiations and for beam experiments despite its 3-M intermediate power. This is mainly due to its current fuel design, which contains low concentrations of 20% enriched uranium, as originally designed, generating relatively low neutron fluxes in a non-compact-core size.

Key concepts: Criticality, Nuclear engineering, Research reactor, Enriched uranium, Thermal hydraulics, Uranium, Natural uranium, Neutron

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