Publications and References
Improving Fuel Cycle Design and Safety Characteristics of a Gas Cooled Fast Reactor - W.F.G. van Rooijen - PhD thesis, December, 2006.
* The GCFR participated in a joint exhibition stand with RAPHAEL-HYTHEC-GCFR at the "Communicating European Research" (CER-2005) event on 14th-15th November 2005 in Brussels.
* The GCFR STREP contributed a paper and invited lecture to the FISA 2006 Conference hosted by the EC in Luxembourg, on 13th-15th March 2006. This paper was presented at the conference and is available on the GCFR website
* The GCFR STREP contributed with a paper entitled "The European Union’s Gas Cooled Fast Reactor Project" to ICAPP ’06 in Reno, NV, USA from 4th-8th June 2006
* "Passive shutdown device for Gas Cooled Fast Reactor: Lithium Injection Module", W. F. G. van Rooijen et al. (Technical University of Delft), submitted paper to Physor06, Vancouver, September 2006.
* "Definition of breeding gain for the closed fuel cycle and application to a Gas Cooled Fast Reactor", W. F. G. van Rooijen et al. (Technical University of Delft), submitted paper to Physor06, Vancouver, September 2006.
* "Design optimisation for passive safety", M. M. Stempniewicz (Nuclear Research Group), submitted paper to HTR06, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2006.
* "Definition of breeding gain for the closed fuel cycle and application to a Gas Cooled Fast Reactor", W. F. G. van Rooijen et al. (Technical University of Delft), to be submitted to Nuclear Science and Engineering
* "Project Presentation for GCFR STREP", C. Mitchell and M. McDermott (NNC), GCFR-EC-101, available from www.gcfr.org
* “A GFR benchmark comparison of transient analysis codes based on the ETDR concept”. Bubelis E.?, Castelliti D., Coddington P., Dor I., Fouillet C., E. de Geus, Marshall T. D., W. van Rooijen, Schikorr M., Stainsby R Proceedings of the 2007 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP’07, May 13-18, 2007. Nice Acropolis, France.
* “Steady-State and Transient Neutronic and Thermal-hydraulic Analysis of ETDR using the FAST code system”. Pelloni S., Bubelis E., Coddington P. Proceedings of the 2007 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP’07, May 13-18, 2007. Nice Acropolis, France.
* Control Rod Shadowing and Anti-shadowing Effects in a Large Gas-cooled Fast Reactor. G.Girardin, G.Rimpault, P.Coddington, RChawla paper 7329, ICAPP’07, May 13-18, 2007. Nice Acropolis, France.
* Status of the ETDR Design paper 7208 C.POETTE, JC.GARNIER, JC.KLEIN, F.MORIN, A.TOSELLO, I.DOR, F.BERTRAND, C.MITCHELL, D.EVERY, P.CODDINGTON, ICAPP’07 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP’07, May 13-18, 2007. Nice Acropolis, France.
* Physor07 preparation
* EUROMAT 2007, 10-13 September, Nürnberg, Germany Derek Buckthorpe paper on GFR and VHTR materials.
* Ref. No.: PNUCENE-D-07-00062. Title: A GFR benchmark: Comparison of transient analysis codes based on the ETDR concept Progress in Nuclear Energy
Masters thesis
* “Effect of Steam and Water Ingress into the Core of the Gas-cooled Experimental Technology Demonstration Reactor”, L. Bugnion Rapport du travail pratique de projet de master pour l’obtention du diplôme de Physicien EPFL, octobre 2006 – février 2007.