Dr. Eleodor Nichita
Associate Professor
Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
UOIT
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4
Office: UA 3041
e-mail:
Tel: 905.721.8668 ext. 2968
Fax: 905.721.3046
Website:
http://faculty.uoit.ca/nichita/
Education
B.S. (engineering physics) University of Bucharest
M.S. (health physics) Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D. (nuclear engineering) Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Interests
- Neutronic design and analysis methods for advanced nuclear reactors
- Nuclear reactor kinetics and control
- Neutron and radiation transport
- Mathematical modeling and numerical methods
Teaching
- Introduction to Nuclear Physics
- Nuclear Reactor Kinetics
- Nuclear Reactor Design
- Reactor Physics (UNENE)
- Medical Imaging
Selected Publications
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E. Nichita "Inexpensive Detailed Full-Core Neutron Flux Solution Method for CANDU Reactors", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
100, (2009)
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E. Nichita, "Evaluating Accuracy of Standard Homogenization and Need for Generalized Equivalence Theory for ACR-lattice Checkerboard Configurations", Ann. Nucl. Energy,
36, 760 (2009)
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E. Nichita "Retrofitting CANDU Reactors for Negative Coolant Void Reactivity", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
99, 717 (2008)
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A. Lukomski, B. McIntee, D. Moule, E. Nichita "Standalone Visualization Tool for Three-Dimensional DRAGON Geometrical Models", Proc. Symposium on Simulation Methods in Nuclear Engineering, Ottawa ON Nov 2-4, (2008)
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B. Rouben, E. Nichita, "Extension of The Time-Average Model to CANDU Refueling Schemes involving Reshuffling", Proc. PHYSOR 2008, International Conference on Reactor Physics, Interlaken, Switzerland, September 14-19, (2008)
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E. Nichita "Effect of Lattice-Level Adjoint Weighting on the Effective Delayed Neutron Fraction in CANDU Reactors", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
98, 648 (2008)
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E. Nichita, B. Rouben, "Combining In-Core-Detector Readings with Diffusion in Eigenvalue Flux Calculations for CANDU Reactors", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
97, 394 (2007)
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E. Nichita, A. Patel, "Development of a Web-Accessible Fully-Interactive Laboratory Experiment", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
96, 847 (2007)
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E. Nichita, B. Rouben, "Teaching Reactor Physics Using a Dual-Delivery Approach", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
96, 845 (2007)
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E. Nichita, K. Zabienski, M. Gravel "A Three-Dimensional Two-Energy-Group Finite-Difference Neutron-Diffusion Code with Discontinuity Factors", Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society, Saint John NB June 3-6, (2007)
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E. Nichita, K. Zabienski, "Improving the Accuracy of Neutron Flux Calculations in a CANDU Reactor by Combining the Diffusion Equation with In-Core Detector Readings", Proc. 27th Annual Conference of the Canadian Nuclear Society, Toronto ON June 11-14, (2006)
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E. Nichita, "Evaluation of the Need for Discontinuity Factors for Neutronic Modelling of CANDU Low-Void Reactivity Fuel Lattices", proc. 9th International Conference on CANDU Fuel, Belleville - ON, Sept. 18-21, (2005)
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E. Nichita, and F. Rahnema, "A Heterogeneous Finite Element Method in Diffusion Theory", Ann. Nucl. Energy,
30, 317 (2003)
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E. Nichita, and F. Rahnema, "A Finite Element Method for Boiling Water Reactors", Proc. Int'l Conf. on Phys. of Nucl. Sci. and Tech., Long Island - NY, Oct. 5-8, 351, (1998)
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F. Rahnema and E. Nichita, "Leakage Corrected Spatial (Assembly) Homogenization Technique", Ann. Nucl. Energy
24, 477 (1997)
