The VVER-1000 thermal neutron reactor can operate on mixed uranium-plutonium fuel with a content of reactor-grade plutonium up to 5% 100% loaded core. In this case, burns 56% odd isotopes. energy potential such is very low, and its further use in reactors impractical. However, be used fast reactors. paper presents the results investigating possibility for isotopic composition BN-1200 value incr...

Small-scale cohesive-zone models based on potential functions are expected to be consistent with the important features of linear-elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). These include an inverse-square-root K-field ahead a crack, normal and shear stresses being proportional mode-I mode-II stress-intensity factors, KI KII, work done against crack-tip tractions equal KI2+KII2?E?, where E? is appropria...

Affordable public transit services are crucial for communities since they enable residents to access employment, education, and other services. Unfortunately, that provide wide coverage tend suffer from relatively low utilization, which results in high fuel usage per passenger mile, leading operating costs environmental impact. Electric vehicles (EVs) can reduce energy impact, but most agencies...