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Comparative Studies on Plutonium and Minor Actinides Utilization in Small Molten Salt Reactors with Various Powers and Core Sizes
Waris A.a, Aji I.K.a, Pramuditya S.a, Novitriana, Permana S.a, Su’Ud Z.a
a Nuclear Physics and Biophysics Research Division, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, 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]© 2014 The Authors.Molten salt reactor (MSR) has many advantages such as safety improvement and ability for waste burning. In the present study, the use of plutonium and minor actinides (MA) in small MSRs with various powers and core sizes has been investigated. For the small MSRs with 50 MWth, 100 MWth, 150 MWth, 200 MWth, and 250 MWth of power output, the criticality condition can be achieved if the reactor grade plutonium and MA content in loaded fuel are 7.56%, 6.76%, 6.56%, 6.56%, and 6.56%, respectively. The plutonium and MA utilization in small MSR results in the hardening of neutron spectrum compared to that of the standard 25 MWth miniFUJI MSR with Th-233U fuel. Furthermore, the neutron spectra become harder with the augmenting of Pu and MA contents in loaded fuel as well as the increasing of the output power.[/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]criticality;neutron spectrum,minor actinides,MSR,reactor grade plutonium[/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]This study is supported by Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) research grant 2013 and Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, Directorate General of Higher Education (DGHE) Competitive Research Grant 2013.[/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/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.855[/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]