Erik Branger
Researcher at Department of Physics and Astronomy; Applied Nuclear Physics
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 32 54
- E-mail:
- erik.branger@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 516
751 20 UPPSALA
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Publications
Selection of publications
- Image analysis to support DCVD verification (2023)
- Simulating submarine reactor fuel in light of the AUKUS deal (2023)
- Retrieving information about the Ågesta reactor in Sweden (2023)
- Serpent modelling of pressurized heavy water CANDU reactors (2023)
- Assessments of radiation emission from molten salt reactor spent fuel: Implications for future nuclear safeguards verification (2023)
Recent publications
- Exploring reasons behind the development of uranium and plutonium based nuclear weapons in states (2024)
- Modelling fissile production in the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR) of DPRK (2024)
- Exploring methods to reconstruct historic reactor operation (2024)
- Material attractiveness of irradiated fuel salts from the Seaborg Compact Molten Salt Reactor (2024)
- Irradiated fuel salt data library for a molten salt reactor produced with Serpent2 and SOURCES 4C codes (2024)
All publications
Articles
- Material attractiveness of irradiated fuel salts from the Seaborg Compact Molten Salt Reactor (2024)
- Irradiated fuel salt data library for a molten salt reactor produced with Serpent2 and SOURCES 4C codes (2024)
- Data library of irradiated fuel salt and off-gas tank composition for a molten salt reactor concept produced with Serpent2 and SOURCES 4C codes (2024)
- Simulation of Neutron Leakage Variations at Fuel Substitution in a Small Modular Reactor and Implications for Unattended Safeguards Monitoring (2024)
- Plutonium Production under Uranium Constraint (2023)
- Simulating submarine reactor fuel in light of the AUKUS deal (2023)
- Statistical analysis of fuel cycle data from Swedish Pressurized Water Reactors and the impact of simplifying assumptions on simulated nuclide inventories (2023)
- Spent Nuclear Fuel passive gamma analysis and reproducibility (2023)
- Studies of the impact of beta contributions on Cherenkov light emission by spent nuclear fuel (2022)
- Simulation study of gamma-ray spectroscopy on MYRRHA spent fuel located in lead–bismuth eutectic (2022)
- Investigating the sensitivity to irradiation history when predicting fuel parameters using random forest regression (2021)
- Sensitivity analysis of the Rossi-Alpha Distribution and the early die-away time τ from the DDSI instrument due to modelling assumptions (2021)
- Analysis of radiation emission from MYRRHA spent fuel and implications for non-destructive safeguards verification (2021)
- Partial defect detection using the DCVD and a segmented Region-Of-Interest (2020)
- Pressurized water reactor spent nuclear fuel data library produced with the Serpent2 code (2020)
- Determination of spent nuclear fuel parameters using modelled signatures from non-destructive assay and Random Forest regression (2020)
- Time stamped list mode data from gamma-ray spectroscopic measurements on 47 nuclear fuel assemblies performed at Clab, Sweden, September 2016 through March 2019 (2020)
- Estimating gamma and neutron radiation fluxes around BWR quivers for nuclear safeguards verification purposes (2020)
- Verifying PWR assemblies with rod cluster control assembly inserts using a DCVD (2019)
- On the inclusion of light transport in prediction tools for Cherenkov light intensity assessment of irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies (2019)
- Investigating the Cherenkov light production due to cross-talk in closely stored nuclear fuel assemblies in wet storage (2018)
- Experimental evaluation of models for predicting Cherenkov light intensities from short-cooled nuclear fuel assemblies (2018)
- Experimental study of background subtraction in Digital Cherenkov Viewing Device measurements (2018)
- On Cherenkov light production by irradiated nuclear fuel rods (2017)
- Comparison of prediction models for Cherenkov light emissions from nuclear fuel assemblies (2017)
- Application of machine learning to predict safeguards parameters for irradiated salts from a molten salt reactor concept
- Prediction of decay heat from PWR spent nuclear fuel using fuel parameters
- Prediction of decay using non-destructive assays
Books
- Enhancing the performance of the Digital Cherenkov Viewing Device (2018)
- Studies of Cherenkov light production in irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies (2016)
Conferences
- Exploring reasons behind the development of uranium and plutonium based nuclear weapons in states (2024)
- Modelling fissile production in the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR) of DPRK (2024)
- Exploring methods to reconstruct historic reactor operation (2024)
- Predicting Decay Heat By Combining Fuel Parameters With Gamma And Neutron Data Using Machine Learning (2024)
- Assessment of a liquid organic scintillation detector for fast neutron measurements in the context of verification of nuclear weapon dismantlement (2024)
- Image analysis to support DCVD verification (2023)
- Applied nuclear physics in the Alva Myrdal Centre for nuclear disarmament (2023)
- Experimental verification of simulated predictions from the DDSI instrument (2023)
- Retrieving information about the Ågesta reactor in Sweden (2023)
- Assessments of design and operational parameter sensitivity towards plutonium production in heavy water reactors (2023)
- Comparison of the physical and operational parameters of the CANDU reactor and the NRX reactor (2023)
- Assessments of radiation emission from molten salt reactor spent fuel: Implications for future nuclear safeguards verification (2023)
- Possibilities for monitoring the composition of an iPWR core using ex-core neutron detectors (2023)
- Decay heat predictions using gamma spectroscopy and neutron coincidence data (2023)
- Coincidence spectroscopy for increased sensitivity in radionuclide monitoring (2022)
- Effects of modelling assumptions on Cherenkov light intensity predictions (2022)
- Non-proliferation and safeguards activities within the Alva Myrdal Centre for nuclear disarmament (2022)
- Studies of naval reactor core properties in light of recent AUKUS developments (2022)
- Development of a PhD course in verification of nuclear test explosions under AMC (2022)
- A technical view on Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme (2022)
- Research on safeguarding molten salt reactor systems at Uppsala University (2022)
- Prediction of fuel salt composition using fuel data libraries developed for the Molten Salt Demonstration Reactor (2022)
- Overview of initial work on spent-fuel verification at MYRRHA (2022)
- Neptunium: time for nuclear safeguards? (2022)
- Rossi-Alpha Distribution Analysis of DDSI Data For Spent Nuclear Fuel Investigation (2022)
- Combining DCVD measurements at different alignments for enhanced partial defect detection performance (2021)
- SUMMARY OF RECENT INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO PREDICTIONS OF THE EARLY DIE-AWAY TIME τ FROM THE DDSI INSTRUMENT (2021)
- Comparison Of Different Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms To Predict PWR Spent Fuel Parameters (2021)
- Development of a modeling approach to estimate radiation from a spent fuel rod quiver (2020)
- Enhanced verification of irradiated nuclear fuel using Cherenkov light (2019)
- Investigating the gamma and neutron radiation around quivers for verification purposes (2019)
- Machine learning in nuclear safeguards (2019)
- Improved Cherenkov Light Prediction Model for Enhanced DCVD Performance (2018)
- Improving the prediction model for Cherenkov light generation by irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies in wet storage for enhanced partial-defect verification capability (2015)
- Improved DCVD assessments of irradiated nuclear fuel using image analysis techniques (2014)
- Towards unattended partial-defect verification of irradiated nuclear fuel assemblies using the DCVD (2014)
Reports
- Serpent modelling of pressurized heavy water CANDU reactors (2023)
- State-of-the-Art Report (2022)
- OPCW as a Model for a TPNW Structure (2022)
- Presentation at 10th Serpent User Group Meeting titled "Use of Serpent Monte-Carlo code for development of 3D full-scale models and analysis of spent fuel quivers" (2020)
- Research within technical safeguard at Uppsala university during 2016-2018 (2019)
- Forskning inom teknisk kärnämneskontroll vid Uppsala universitet under 2014–2015 (2016)
- Image analysis as a tool for improved use of the Digital Cherenkov Viewing Device for inspection of irradiated PWR fuel assemblies. (2014)