Computational analysis of ion cyclotron resonance frequency heating for JET experiments 

    Gallart Escolà, Dani (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)

    Heating plasmas to a relevant fusion temperature is one of the key aspects of magnetically confined fusion plasmas. Radio frequency (RF) heating with electromagnetic waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) ...

    Desarrollo y aplicación de herramientas de valoración de riesgos tecnológicos en centrales nucleares españolas a partir de la técnica de "Análisis Probabilista de Seguridad" 

    Díaz Bayona, Pedro (Date of defense: 2018-04-06)

    The PhD thesis "Desarrollo y aplicación de herramientas de valoración de riesgos tecnológicos en centrales nucleares españolas a partir de la técnica de Análisis Probabilista de Seguridad” results from the research projects ...

    Development of the new AINA code and its application to the Safety Analysis of the European DEMO designs 

    Baeza Pérez, Eduard (Date of defense: 2019-07-22)

    A conclusion that can be drawn from the historical safety analyses developed for tokamaks fusion reactors is that some of the major risks involve incidents in the vacuum vessel. In order to evaluate plasma evolution and ...

    Evaluation of TH multi-scale coupling methods in BEPU analysis 

    Casamor Vidal, Max (Date of defense: 2022-10-11)

    The combined use of thermal-hydraulics system with sub-channel codes (TH-TH coupling) in transient analysis provides an integrated tool with the capability of modelling in detail both the core thermal-hydraulic conditions ...

    Historical review of fire safety at NPP and application of fire PSA to Westinghouse PWR NPP in the frame of risk-informed decision making by 

    Asamoah, Matthew (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)

    The importance of fire as a potential initiator of multiple-system failures took on a new perspective after the cable-tray fire at Browns Ferry in 1975 The review have shown that the first generation Nuclear Power Plant ...