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Design concept of small long-life PWR using square and hexagonal thorium fuel
Nurul Subkhi M.a,b, Su’ud Z.a, Waris A.a, Permana S.a
a Nuclear Physics and Biophysics Research Group, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Bandung Institute of Technology, Ganesha Bandung, Indonesia
b Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, State Islamic University of Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, A.H Nasution, 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]© 2006-2016 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN).Long life reactor is a nuclear power plant which can be operated 10-30 years of operation without the need for refueling. Such Nuclear Power Plant is very good to supply electricity in remote area in Indonesia and in general outside Java Bali Area. Here, a Design study of small long-life Pressurized Water Reactor using thorium cycle has been performed with fuel fraction 60%. The neutronic calculations were performed by PIJ SRAC code using nuclear data library based on JENDL 4.0, while the core burn up calculations were optimized in whole X-Y-Z geometry by COREBN. The strategy is by the reduction of moderator by adopting tight lattice model based on hexagonal geometry cell and by the use of Pa-231 as burnable poisson material which give good long life core during burnup time. The optimization of 350 Mwt small long life PWR based on thorium nitride fuel system has excess reactivity as low as about 1% dk/k and flatted power distribution during its operation.[/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][/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,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][/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]