scholarly journals Evaluation of Heterogeneous Options: Effects of MgO versus UO2 Matrix Selection for Minor Actinide Targets in a Sodium Fast Reactor

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pope ◽  
S. Bays ◽  
R. Ferrer
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Minor Actinide ◽  
Sodium Fast Reactor ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Actinide Targets

Design and first operation of the MACARON irradiation experiment of Sodium Fast reactor absorber pins in the BOR-60 reactor

2021 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 103676
Author(s):  
T. Lambert ◽  
J.M. Escleine ◽  
B. Fontaine ◽  
S. Eremin ◽  
E. Muraleva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Irradiation Experiment ◽  
Sodium Fast Reactor

Validation of TRACE capability to simulate unprotected transients in Sodium Fast Reactor using FFTF LOFWST Test #13

2021 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 108600
Author(s):  
Shibao Wang ◽  
Konstantin Mikityuk ◽  
Petrovic Dorde ◽  
Dalin Zhang ◽  
Guanghui Su ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Sodium Fast Reactor

Development of Safety-Enhanced Fast Reactor by Using Minor Actinide Bearing Internal Blanket

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sho Fuchita ◽  
Koji Fujimura ◽  
Kazuhiro Fujimata ◽  
Satoshi Takeda ◽  
Toshikazu Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Minor Actinide

Decay Heat Characterization for the European Sodium Fast Reactor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Jiménez-Carrascosa ◽  
Nuria Garcia Herranz ◽  
Jiri Krepel ◽  
Marat Margulis ◽  
Una Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Nuclear Data ◽  
Summation Method ◽  
Heat Power ◽  
Coupled Transport ◽  
Decay Heat ◽  
Sodium Fast Reactor ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Commercial Size

Abstract In this work a detailed assessment of the decay heat power for the commercial-size European Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (ESFR) at the end of its equilibrium cycle has been performed. The summation method has been used to compute very accurate spatial- and time-dependent decay heat by employing state-of-the-art coupled transport-depletion computational codes and nuclear data. This detailed map provides basic information for subsequent transient calculations of the ESFR. A comprehensive analysis of the decay heat has been carried out and interdependencies among decay heat and different parameters characterizing the core state prior to shutdown, such as discharge burnup or type of fuel material, have been identified. That analysis has served as a basis to develop analytic functions to reconstruct the spatial-dependent decay heat power for the ESFR for cooling times within the first day after shutdown.

scholarly journals Characteristics of a gas-cooled fast reactor with minor actinide loading

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hoai Nam Tran ◽  
Yasuyoshi Kato ◽  
Van Khanh Hoang ◽  
Sy Minh Tuan Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Cycle Length ◽  
Minor Actinide ◽  
Co2 Gas ◽  
Control Rod ◽  
The Core ◽  
Thermal Output ◽  
Long Life ◽  
Gas Turbine Cycle

This paper presents the neutronics characteristics of a prototype gas-cooled (supercritical CO2-cooled) fast reactor (GCFR) with minor actinide (MA) loading in the fuel. The GCFR core is designed with a thermal output of 600 MWt as a part of a direct supercritical CO2 (S-CO2) gas turbine cycle. Transmutation of MAs in the GCFR has been investigated for attaining low burnup reactivity swing and reducing long-life radioactive waste. Minor actinides are loaded uniformly in the fuel regions of the core. The burnup reactivity swing is minimized to 0.11% ∆k/kk’ over the cycle length of 10 years when the MA content is 6.0 wt%. The low burnup reactivity swing enables minimization of control rod operation during burnup. The MA transmutation rate is 42.2 kg/yr, which is equivalent to the production rates in 7 LWRs of the same electrical output.

Analysis of ESFR Decay Heat Removal Systems in Protected Station Blackout

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janos Bodi ◽  
Alexander Ponomarev ◽  
Evaldas Bubelis ◽  
Konstantin Mikityuk
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Fast Reactor ◽  
Heat Removal ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Decay Heat ◽  
Sodium Fast Reactor ◽  
Station Blackout ◽  
Safety Assessments ◽  
The Individual

Abstract As part of the ESFR-SMART project, safety assessments are being conducted on the updated European Sodium Fast Reactor (ESFR) design. An important part of the study is the evaluation of the reactor's behavior within hypothetical accidental conditions to assess and ensure that the accident would not lead to unexpected and disastrous events. In the current paper, the analyzed accidental scenario is the so called Protected Station Blackout (PSBO), where the offsite power is lost for the power plant, simulated by using the TRACE and SIM-SFR system codes. The assessment started from the simulation of the reactor behavior without the decay heat removal systems (DHRS). Following this, calculations of multiple DHRS arrangements have been performed to evaluate the individual and combined efficiency of the systems. Where it was possible, the results from the two system codes have been compared to show the consistency of the separate calculations. Through this study, the design of the DHRSs proposed at the beginning of the project have been investigated, and certain recommendations have been made for further improvement of the DHRS systems performance.

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