Thorium—Energy for the Future: Select Papers from ThEC15

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Harnessing Thorium for Clean Energy Future: Challenges Ahead  (Anil Kakodkar)....Pages 3-10
 Nuclear Power from Thorium: Some Frequently Asked Questions  (Srikumar Banerjee, Hari Prakash Gupta)....Pages 11-26
 Thorium Technology Development in an Indian Perspective  (A. K. Nayak, Arun Kumar, P. S. Dhami, C. K. Asnani, P. Singh)....Pages 27-82
 Sustainability and the Role of Thorium in Our Future Energy System  (Björn Stigson)....Pages 83-89
 Technology Considerations for Deployment of Thorium Power Reactors  (Matthias Krause)....Pages 91-96
 LFTR: In Search of the Ideal Pathway to Thorium Utilization—Development Program and Current Status  (Benjamin Soon)....Pages 97-113
Front Matter ....Pages 115-115
 Technology Assessment of Near-Term Open-Cycle Thorium-Fuelled Nuclear Energy Systems  (W. J. Nuttall, S. F. Ashley, R. A. Fenner, P. D. Krishnani, G. T. Parks)....Pages 117-124
 Sorption of Protactinium (V) on Silica Colloid and the Effect of Humic Acid  (Madhusudan Ghosh, Rakesh Verma)....Pages 125-139
 Thorium Utilization in Fast Breeder Reactors and in Cross-progeny Fuel Cycles  (Bal Raj Sehgal)....Pages 141-156
 Electrolytic Reduction of Uranium Oxide in Molten Fluoride Baths in Small Electrolytic Cells  (Nagaraj Alangi, Jaya Mukherjee, P. Anupama)....Pages 157-169
 Evolution of Actinides in ThO2 Radial Blanket of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor  (Abhitab Bachchan, K. Devan, G. Pandikumar, P. Puthiyavinayagam)....Pages 171-179
 A Proposal for a First ADS Demonstrator  (Jean-Pierre Revol)....Pages 181-193
 Proposal for an Experimental Fast ADS Using Th–Pu MOX Fuel for Higher Actinide Transmutation  (Amar Sinha, Tushar Roy, Y. S. Kashyap, S. Bajpai, M. Shukla)....Pages 195-203
 Radiological Impact Assessment for Near Surface Disposal of Thorium Waste  (Faby Sunny, Manish Chopra)....Pages 205-213
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 (Th-U)O2 MOX Fuel Fabrication and Dry Recycling of the Sintered Rejects  (Sudhir Mishra, Kaushik Ghoshal, Joydipta Banerjee, Amrit Prakash, K. B. Khan, Arun Kumar)....Pages 217-224
 Fluorination of Thorium Oxide by Ammonium Bifluoride and Its Reduction to Metal  (Abhishek Mukherjee, Alok Awasthi)....Pages 225-232
 Estimation of Plutonium Heterogeneity in Thoria–Plutonia Fuels  (K. V. Vrinda Devi, J. N. Dubey, P. S. Somayajulu, I. H. Shaikh, Jyoti Gupta, S. D. Raut et al.)....Pages 233-238
 Evaluation of Thermal Properties of Thoria–Urania Fuel  (Joydipta Banerjee, Santu Kaity, Koushik Bhandari, Arun Kumar, Srikumar Banerjee)....Pages 239-256
 Thorium-Based Fuels for Advanced Nuclear Reactors: Thermophysical, Thermochemical, and Thermodynamic Properties  (Dheeraj Jain, D. Das, B. N. Jagatap)....Pages 257-275
 Determination of Room Temperature Thermal Conductivity of Thorium—Uranium Alloys  (Santanu Das, Santu Kaity, R. Kumar, Joydipta Banerjee, S. B. Roy, G. P. Chaudhari et al.)....Pages 277-286
 Thermo-physical Properties of ThC and ThN from First Principles  (Vinayak Mishra, Shashank Chaturvedi)....Pages 287-297
 Irradiation Behaviour of Thoria-Based Fuels  (Prerna Mishra, B. N. Rath, V. P. Jathar, H. N. Singh, P. M. Satheesh, R. S. Shriwastaw et al.)....Pages 299-312
 PuO2 Agglomerate Detectability in (Th,1%Pu)O2 Fuel—A Monte Carlo Simulation Study  (K. V. Vrinda Devi, K. Biju, K. B. Khan)....Pages 313-317
 Automated Fabrication of AHWR Fuel in Shielded Cells: Challenges and Initiatives  (S. Panda, Saurabh Gupta, A. Saraswat, Vijay Ahire, Sanjeev Sharma, P. S. Somayajulu et al.)....Pages 319-328
 Online Fuel Failure Detection and Damage Severity Analysis for Thorium-Based AHWR Fuel Matrix—An Empirical Analysis  (R. Rajalakshmi, Roshini Robin, K. Umashankari, A. Rama Rao, P. K. Vijayan)....Pages 329-339
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 Xenon Dynamics in AHWR-LEU with Coolant Density and Fuel Temperature Feedback  (Arindam Chakraborty, Amit Thakur, Baltej Singh, P. D. Krishnani)....Pages 343-349
 LORA Analysis Using Thorium in 220 MWe PHWR Fuel  (Manish Raj, M. P. S. Fernando, Suma Nair, S. G. Ghadge)....Pages 351-356
 Improvement in Estimation of Distribution Algorithm (EDA) for Fuel Loading Pattern Optimization in AHWR  (Amit Thakur, Baltej Singh, Anurag Gupta, V. Duggal, K. Bhatt, P. D. Krishnani)....Pages 357-364
 Energywise Contributions of Th, Pu and U Isotopes to the Reactivity Feedbacks of (Th-LEU) Fuelled AHWR  (Anindita Sarkar, Umasankari Kannan, P. D. Krishnani)....Pages 365-372
 Power Flattening Study of Ultra-Long Cycle Fast Reactor Core  (Taewoo Tak, Jiwon Choe, Yongjin Jeong, Jinsu Park, Deokjung Lee, T. K. Kim)....Pages 373-380
 3D Space-Time Analysis of Anticipated Transient Without Scram in CHTR with Fuel Temperature Feedback  (D. K. Dwivedi, Anurag Gupta, P. D. Krishnani)....Pages 381-389
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 Investigations of BaF2–ThF4 System  (Sumanta Mukherjee, Smruti Dash, S. K. Mukerjee, K. L. Ramakumar)....Pages 393-402
 The iThEC Strategy  (Jean-Pierre Revol)....Pages 403-411
 Fission Product Removal by Vacuum Spraying in a Heavy Water Moderated Molten Salt Reactor  (Thomas Jam Pedersen)....Pages 413-421
 Radiation Dose Rate Mapping of Molten Active Fluoride Salt Loop at UED, BARC  (Tanmay Sarkar, Pradeep Bhargava, B. Ananta, A. K. Srivastava, R. K. B. Yadav)....Pages 423-429
 CFD Analysis of Molten Fluoride Salt Natural Circulation in a Rectangular Loop  (Rakesh Chouhan, A. Borgohain, A. K. Shrivastava, N. K. Maheshwari, P. K. Vijayan)....Pages 431-444
 The Stable Salt Reactor—A Radically Simpler Option for Use of Molten Salt Fuel  (Ian R. Scott)....Pages 445-453
 Molten Salt Reactor Research in Switzerland  (Jiri Krepel, Boris Hombourger, Carlo Fiorina, Sergii Nichenko, Jarmo Kalilainen, Peter Burgherr et al.)....Pages 455-468
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 Hydrodynamics of AHWR Gravity-Driven Water Pool Under Simulated LOCA Conditions  (I. Thangamani, Seik Mansoor Ali, Vishnu Verma)....Pages 471-480
 Experimental Measurement and Analysis of Natural Circulation Flow Oscillations in a Vertically Heated Channel  (J. Aparna, A. K. Nayak, A. Rama Rao)....Pages 481-498
 Estimation of Large Early Release Frequency for Advanced Heavy Water Reactor  (T. V. Santhosh, I. Thangamani, A. Srivastava, Gopika Vinod, Vishnu Verma, P. K. Vijayan)....Pages 499-506
 Transient Following Partial Loss of Feed Water for Thorium-based Natural Circulation Reactor  (A. D. Contractor, A. Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar, B. Chatterjee)....Pages 507-515
 A Study on Premature Occurrence of Critical Heat Flux  (A. K. Vishnoi, A. Dasgupta, D. K. Chandraker, A. K. Nayak, Nandan D. Hegde, A. Rama Rao)....Pages 517-527
 Intercode Comparison of SBO Scenario for AHWR  (A. Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar, B. Chatterjee, P. K. Vijayan)....Pages 529-536
 Design and Development of Process-Powered Sensors on Wireless Sensor Network for Stand-alone Plant Critical Data Management During SBO and Beyond Design Basis Events  (J. Aparna, Sebin Philip, Anita Topkar, I. V. Dulera, D. Das, A. Rama Rao)....Pages 537-546