Seminarium Zakładu Energetyki Jądrowej i Analiz Środowiska

At the Join Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia), a new large research device - the NICA Collider - has been under construction for several years. An additional cosmic ray detector (MCORD) is designed for the main detector set (MPD). This detector, in addition to the obvious function of detecting cosmic ray particles, would be nice to improve recognition (detection) of muons from the collision and to work as an additional trigger for other sub-detectors. The MCORD detector elements are also to be used to calibrate other detectors before starting the beam.

In the Dual Fluid Reactor (DFR) plants, there are two separated loops in which liquid metals, Uranium-Chromium eutectic as fuel and lead as a coolant will flow. Due to the high operating temperature of DFR, special contact-free pumps have to be applied. The best solution seems to be a magnetohydrodynamic pumping system which can utilize magnetic and electric fields acting on the metallic flow.

The first-of-a-kind commercial electricity and hydrogen cogeneration system are being designed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to establish the industrial application of high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR). The High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) is expected to be coupled with a test cogeneration plant in order to prove safety features and justify further HTGR technology development. The National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) initiated activities on reliability analysis of such a combined nuclear/non-nuclear facility.

The Technical Working Group on Gas Cooled Reactors is a group of experts nominated by their governments and appointed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat to provide advice and support programme implementation in the area of gas cooled reactor technology development. The purpose of the TWG meetings is to identify subjects of common interest for future collaboration through information exchange and cooperative research.