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Netronic design of small long-life PWR using thorium cycle
Subkhi M.N.a,b, Su’ud Z.a, Waris A.a
a Physics Dept., Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
b Physics Dept., State Islamic University of Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]A small long-life core loaded with thorium fuel and 231Pa as burnable poison material has been performed in Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). Thorium cycle fuel has higher conversion ratio in the thermal spectrum domain and lower reactivity swing than the Uranium-Plutonium cycle fuel. 231Pa have very large capture cross section that can pressed reactivity in the beginning of life. The neutronic analysis result of infinite cell calculation shows that mixed nitride is better than oxide and carbide in thorium fuel system. In the present study we consider thorium nitride system with 3 ~ 8 % 233U percentage and 0.2~ 7% 231Pa as fuel for small PWR and can be burn up for the long time. The purpose of the study is to optimize the design of 350MWt PWR which can be operated without refueling in 10 years The core was designed by cylindrical two-dimension R-Z (radial and axial). The multigroup diffusion and Burn-up analysis was performed by SRAC-CITATION code using libraries based on JENDL 3.2. By using this concept, small PWR can be designed for long time operation with reduced excess reactivity until under 1 % and flatted power distribution during its operation. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Burn up,Burnable poisson,Conversion ratio,Excess reactivity,Power distributions,Small long-life,Thorium fuels[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Burn up,Burnable poisson,Conversion ratio,Excess reactivity,Power distribution,Small long-life,Thorium fuel[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.772.524[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]