Results from the Power Burst Facility Severe Fuel Damage Test 1-4: A Simulated Severe Fuel Damage Accident with Irradiated Fuel Rods and Control Rods

1991 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Petti ◽  
Zoel R. Martinson ◽  
Richard R. Hobbins ◽  
Daniel J. Osetek
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Rods ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Rods ◽  
Irradiated Fuel

Zirconia thickness measurements for irradiated fuel rods: an approach to better understanding measurement error

2011 ◽  
pp. 107-114
Author(s):  
B. Lacroix ◽  
T. Martella ◽  
M. Pras ◽  
M. Masson-Fauchier ◽  
L. Fayette
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Error ◽  
Fuel Rods ◽  
Thickness Measurements ◽  
Irradiated Fuel

The Effect of MA Transmutation in the PWR on Fuel Cycle

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoyang Yu ◽  
Bin Liu ◽  
Wenxin Zhang ◽  
Jin Cai
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Minor Actinide ◽  
Minor Actinides ◽  
Pressurized Water Reactor ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Pressurized Water ◽  
Mcnp Program ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Rods ◽  
Effective Multiplication

The minor actinides (MA) is important nuclides in the spent fuel which is bad for human ecological environment. Pressurized water reactor (PWR) is the main reactor type at commercial operation around world. It is important to find the appropriate loading patterns when introducing minor actinides to the PWR core. In this paper, we study the effect of MA transmutation in the PWR on fuel cycle. First, we use the MCNP program to simulate the model of PWR and the effective multiplication factor.Then,the MA is introduced into core in different ways and mass to simulate the effective multiplication factor. In conclusion,without considering chemical skim control and control rods, we change the thickness of the MA, until the keff closes to 1, We find that loading minor actinides to burnable poison rods for transmutation is an optimal minor actinide loading pattern.

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