• High Power Laser and Particle Beams
  • Vol. 34, Issue 12, 126001 (2022)
Kaiwen Qin1, Bo Yang1、2、*, Ziming Wang1, Yunchen Qian1, Haojie Liu1, and Yibao Liu1、2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Nuclear Science and Technology, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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    DOI: 10.11884/HPLPB202234.220156 Cite this Article
    Kaiwen Qin, Bo Yang, Ziming Wang, Yunchen Qian, Haojie Liu, Yibao Liu. Influence of different types of nuclear fuel on burnup performance of heat pipe cooled reactor[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(12): 126001 Copy Citation Text show less
    Geometries of INL Design A by RMC
    Fig. 1. Geometries of INL Design A by RMC
    Core keff of different nuclear fuel varies with burnup depth
    Fig. 2. Core keff of different nuclear fuel varies with burnup depth
    Core keff change with rotation of control drum
    Fig. 3. Core keff change with rotation of control drum
    Reactor core burnup of different power
    Fig. 4. Reactor core burnup of different power
    Reactor core burnup without 241Pu at different powers
    Fig. 5. Reactor core burnup without 241Pu at different powers
    Burnup chain of U-Pu cycle
    Fig. 6. Burnup chain of U-Pu cycle
    control conditioncalculated value of keff in this paper calculated value of keff of INL difference of keff /10−5
    all poisons out1.028 82±0.000 331.028 2557
    control drums rotation 180°0.950 98±0.000 330.950 4256
    annular shutdown rod in0.945 89±0.000 330.945 5534
    solid shutdown in0.959 30±0.000 340.959 33−3
    all poisons in0.845 04±0.000 330.845 94−90
    Table 1. Calculation results of effective increment coefficient keff
    plutonium isotopemass fraction/%
    238Pu 2.332
    239Pu 56.873
    240Pu 26.997
    241Pu 6.105
    242Pu 7.693
    Table 2. Plutonium composition in a typical PWR spent fuel
    nuclidequantity of fissile nuclides and fissionable nuclides/kgdifference/kg
    at 5 MWat 200 MW
    238Pu 8.31910.4222.103
    239Pu 311.710311.134−0.576
    240Pu 137.792138.6760.884
    241Pu 3.53329.83526.302
    242Pu 37.12937.4470.318
    Table 3. Pu isotope analysis of reactor fuel at different power levels
    spent nuclear fuelnuclidehalf-life/aquantity of fissile nuclides and fissionable nuclides/kgdifference/kg
    at 5 MWat 200 MW
    MAs237Np 2.14×1062.710.712
    241Am 432.227.462.1525.31
    243Am 7 3801.801.720.08
    243Cm 8 5003.72×10−403.72×10−4
    244Cm 18.10.080.14−0.06
    245Cm 28.55.43×10−44.25×10−41.18×10−4
    LLFPs99Tc 2.11×1052.702.700
    129I 1.27×1070.610.62−0.01
    135Cs 2.30×1063.914.34−0.43
    Table 4. Spent fuel analysis of reactor at different power levels
    Kaiwen Qin, Bo Yang, Ziming Wang, Yunchen Qian, Haojie Liu, Yibao Liu. Influence of different types of nuclear fuel on burnup performance of heat pipe cooled reactor[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(12): 126001
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