Dr Omid Noorikalkhoran

2024

• Jain, L., Noori-kalkhoran, O., Powell, L., Jones, A., Aflyatunova, D. and Merk, B. 2024. Neutronics design of shutdown and control systems for a Zero Power Experiments of chloride-based molten salt fast reactor. PLoS ONE 19(10), article number: e0309928. (10.1371/journal.pone.0309928)
• Noorikalkhoran, O., Jain, L. and Merk, B. 2024. On the use of a chloride or fluoride salt fuel system in advanced molten salt reactors, part 3; radiation damage. Energies 17(19), article number: 4772. (10.3390/en17194772)
• Kanik, M. E., Noorikalkhoran, O., Gei, M. and Fernández-Cosials, K. 2024. 3D analysis of spray effect on long-term depressurization of VVER-1000 containment during LB-LOCA. Progress in Nuclear Energy 170, article number: 105127. (10.1016/j.pnucene.2024.105127)
• Noorikalkhoran, O., Jain, L., Powell, L., Jones, A., Aflyatunova, D. and Merk, B. 2024. On the employment of a chloride or floride salt fuel system in advanced molten salt reactors, Part 2; Core inventory, fuel burnup, and salt clean-up system. Energies 17(6), article number: 1475. (10.3390/en17061475)

2023

• Kanik, M. E., Noorikalkhoran, O., Fernández-Cosials, K. and Gei, M. 2023. 3D analysis of hydrogen distribution and its mitigation using passive autocatalytic recombiners (PARs) inside VVER-1000 containment. Energies 16(18), article number: 6612. (10.3390/en16186612)

2022

• Noorikalkhoran, O., Litskevich, D., Detkina, A., Jain, L., Cartland-Glover, G. and Merk, B. 2022. On the employment of a chloride or fluoride salt fuel system in advanced molten salt reactors, part 1: thermophysical properties and core criticality. Energies 15(23), article number: 8865. (10.3390/en15238865)
• Kanik, M. E., Noorikalkhoran, O., Fernández-Cosials, K. and Gei, M. 2022. Full scope 3D analysis of a VVER-1000 containment pressurization during a LB-LOCA by employing AutoCAD and GOTHIC code. Progress in Nuclear Energy 152, article number: 104376. (10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104376)

2021

• Safarzadeh, O., Noori-kalkhoran, O., Gei, M., Morini, L. and Ahangari, R. 2021. Full scope simulation of VVER-1000 blowdown source and containment pressurization in a LBLOCA by parallel coupling of TRACE and CONTAIN. Progress in Nuclear Energy 140, article number: 103897. (10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103897)
• Ramezani, A., Nazari, T. and NooriKalkhoran, O. 2021. A proposed improvement for the design of safety injection system in VVER-1000/V446 reactor. Progress in Nuclear Energy 137, article number: 103767. (10.1016/j.pnucene.2021.103767)
• Safarzadeh, O. and Noorikalkhoran, O. 2021. A fractional PID controller based on fractional point kinetic model and particle swarm optimization for power regulation of SMART reactor. Nuclear Engineering and Design 377, article number: 111137. (10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111137)

2020

• Bafrani, H. A., Noori-kalkhoran, O., Gei, M., Ahangari, R. and Mirzaee, M. M. 2020. On the use of boundary conditions and thermophysical properties of nanoparticles for application of nanofluids as coolant in nuclear power plants; a numerical study. Progress in Nuclear Energy 126, article number: 103417. (10.1016/j.pnucene.2020.103417)

2018

• Noorikalkhoran, O. and Gei, M. 2018. Simulation of hydrogen distribution due to in-vessel severe accident in WWER-1000 NPP containment: a comparison of CONTAIN and MELCOR codes results. Presented at: 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, London, UK, 22-26 Jul 20182018 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering: Thermal-Hydraulics and Safety Analyses, Vol. 6B. ASME pp. V06BT08A071-V06BT08A071., (10.1115/ICONE26-82635)

2017

• Noorikalkhoran, O. and Sevostianov, I. 2017. Micromechanical modeling of neutron irradiation induced changes in yield stress and electrical conductivity of zircaloy. International Journal of Engineering Science 120, pp. 119-128. (10.1016/j.ijengsci.2017.07.002)
• Noorikalkhoran, O., Ahangari, R. and Shirani, A. S. 2017. Development of a parallel processing couple for calculations of control rod worth in terms of burn-up in a WWER-1000 reactor. Kerntechnik 82(1), pp. 43-56. (10.3139/124.110605)
• Ahangari, R., Noorikalkhoran, O. and Sadeghi, N. 2017. Radiological dose assessment for the hypothetical severe accident of the Tehran Research Reactor and corresponding emergency response. Annals of Nuclear Energy 99, pp. 272-278. (10.1016/j.anucene.2016.09.005)

2016

• Noorikalkhoran, O., Shirani, A. S. and Ahangari, R. 2016. Simulation of containment pressurization in a large break-loss of coolant accident using single cell and multicell models and CONTAIN code. Nuclear Engineering and Technology 48(5), pp. 1140-1153. (10.1016/j.net.2016.03.008)
• Hamedani, A., Noorikalkhoran, O. and Shirani, A. 2016. Evaluation of single heated channel and subchannel modelling on a nuclear once through steam generator (OTSG). Presented at: 12th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Costa de Sol, Spain, 11-13 July 2016.

2014

• Noorikalkhoran, O., Minuchehr, A., Shirani, A. s. and Rahgoshay, M. 2014. Full scope thermal-neutronic analysis of LOFA in a WWER-1000 reactor core by coupling PARCS v2.7 and COBRA-EN. Progress in Nuclear Energy 74, pp. 193-200. (10.1016/j.pnucene.2014.03.006)
• Noorikalkhoran, O., Rahgoshay, M., Minuchehr, A. and Shirani, A. S. 2014. Analysis of thermal–hydraulic parameters of WWER-1000 containment in a large break LOCA. Annals of Nuclear Energy 68, pp. 101-111. (10.1016/j.anucene.2014.01.009)
• Noorikalkhoran, O., Minuchehr, A., Akbari-Jeyhouni, R., Shirani, A. S. and Rahgoshay, M. 2014. Simulation of rod ejection accident in a WWER-1000 Nuclear Reactor by using PARCS code. Annals of Nuclear Energy 65, pp. 132-140. (10.1016/j.anucene.2013.11.003)
• Safarzadeh, O., Zolfaghari, A., Zangian, M. and Noorikalkhoran, O. 2014. Pattern optimization of PWR reactor using hybrid parallel Artificial Bee Colony. Annals of Nuclear Energy 63, pp. 295-301. (10.1016/j.anucene.2013.08.011)

2013

• Rahgoshay, M. and Noorikalkhoran, O. 2013. Calculation of control rod worth and temperature reactivity coefficient of fuel and coolant with burn-up changes for VVRS-2MWth nuclear reactor. Nuclear Engineering and Design 256, pp. 322-331. (10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.08.033)

2010

• Ahmadi, S. J., Noorikalkhoran, O. and Shirvani-Arani, S. 2010. Synthesis and characterization of new ion-imprinted polymer for separation and preconcentration of uranyl (UO22+) ions. Journal of Hazardous Materials 175(1-3), pp. 193-197. (10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.09.148)