Saudi International Conference On Nuclear Power Engineering (SCOPE)

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has prepared many strategies and plans that will be implemented to conserve natural resources according to the Kingdom's 2030 vision which promotes 17 sustainable development goals; the 6th goal of this strategy focuses on ensuring water quality for all. Several regions within the KSA were reported to have higher radionuclide concentrations in groundwater. The...

Despite the acknowledged advantages that computer simulations can offer to Radiographic Testing, simulation solutions are uncommon in the industry. This paper presents an effective strategy for the simulation of Radiographic Testing techniques using Geant4 Application for Tomographic Emission (GATE), which is a medical imaging software toolkit.
Models for X-ray emission, test specimen...

In the industrial sector, the focus in recent years has been on enhancing production and minimizing human error. Therefore, engineers have used non-destructive testing to evaluate materials by combining AI technologies with non-destructive tests. One of the field applications of NDT is the detection of welding defects.
Therefore, the use of neural networks enhanced the accuracy of detecting...

Medical cyclotrons have become a crucial component in the healthcare industry, particularly in the field of nuclear medicine. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has seen significant advancements in the development of the cyclotron facility in the medical sector in recent years. This review paper provides an overview of the life cycle of medical cyclotrons in the KSA, highlighting the various...

The purpose of this reseach is to provide a dosimeter films for industrial and medical applications using different types of dyes with polyvinyl alcohol as support (using a concentration of 1 ml and 3 thicknesses of (10, 15, 20 µm), and PVA films were exposure to gamma rays. The films were exposure to different dosages range (from 5-60 kGy). UV/VIS spectrophotometer was used to measure the...

Ionizing radiation shielding is required to prevent or mitigate the radiological risks resulting therefrom. Low Z materials such as polyethylene are preferable for neutron shielding, while high Z materials such as lead are preferable for photons (gamma and x-rays). Concrete is a conventional shielding material that is used to shield against either photons or neutrons. Although concrete is...

Reactor physics is the study of the behavior of neutrons in nuclear reactors. Monte Carlo codes are a popular method for simulating the behavior of neutrons in complex geometries. One of the Monte Carlo codes is OpenMC code which is an open source code developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It designed to simulate neutron transport in various geometries allowing flexible...

A valuable method for figuring out the concentrations of various elements in natural materials, either online or in situ, without changing their chemical forms in the matter, is the prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis (PGNAA). The current study illustrates three different techniques that have been adopted at KFUPM that sought the yield of PGNAA systems that records gamma rays from...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is exploring the use of advanced nuclear power plants for hydrogen production as a sustainable and clean alternative to conventional hydrogen production methods. In this paper, a techno-economic model for hydrogen production using advanced nuclear power plant technologies in Saudi Arabia is presented. In this model, the capital and operating costs of advanced...

Maintaining a constant power output of a nuclear power reactor, NPP, is preferred due to operational factors such as xenon poisoning and optimizing the capital investment. However, constant output does not match variable demand, requiring making it a baseload source or storing excess energy giving larger flexibility. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) is an ideal solution due to its high...