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
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