• Title of article

    Applyingburnablepoisonparticlestoreducethereactivityswinginhightemperaturereactorswithbatch-wisefuelloadingOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    J.LKloosterman، نويسنده , , HvanDam، نويسنده , , T.H.J.JVanderHagen، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    105
  • To page
    115
  • Abstract
    BurnupcalculationshavebeenperformedonastandardHTRfuelpebblewitharadiusof3cmcontaining9gof8%enricheduraniumandburnablepoisonparticles(BPP)madeofB4Chighlyenrichedin10B.TheradiusoftheBPPandthenumberofparticlesperfuelpebblehavebeenvariedtofindtheflattestreactivity-to-timecurve.Itwasfoundthatforak∞of1.1,areactivityswingaslowas2%canbeobtainedwheneachfuelpebblecontainsabout1070BPPwitharadiusof75μm.ForcoatedBPPthatconsistofagraphitekernelwitharadiusof300μmcoveredwithaB4Cburnablepoisonlayer,asimilarvalueforthereactivityswingcanbeobtained.Cylindricalparticlesseemtoperformworse.Ingeneral,themodificationofthegeometryofBPPisaneffectivemeanstotailorthereactivitycurveofHTRs.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894531