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A Neutronic Feasibility Study Of The VVER Assembly Type Design Loaded With Fully Ceramic Micro-Encapsulated Fuel

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  • 1. Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, Hanoi (Viet Nam)

Description

A neutronic feasibility study is performed to evaluate the utilization of fully ceramic microencapsulated (FCM) fuel in the VVER fuel type design. The fuel assembly features the same dimensions as a benchmark VVER-1000 fuel assembly. On the lattice level, the MVP Monte Carlo and the JENDL-3.3 library were used based on the statistical geometry model. This work focus the results of the lattice-level neutronic study of doubly heterogeneous FCM fuel including effect of packing fraction and TRISO size on the neutronic characteristics of fuel pin cell and assembly. The results show that TRISO size of 500 µm and packing fraction of 0.45 has the most excellent neutronic characteristics. (author)

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The VINATOM - Annual Report for 2013

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
The VINATOM - Annual Report for 2013
Imprint Pagination
353 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 43-47
Report number
VINATOM-AR--13

INIS

Country of Publication
Viet Nam
Country of Input or Organization
Viet Nam
INIS RN
46052033
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
BENCHMARKS; BURNUP; CERAMICS; COATINGS; DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL PARTICLES; FUEL PINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIPLICATION FACTORS; WWER TYPE REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

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Notes
6 refs, 6 figs, 2 tabs
Secondary number(s)
VINATOM-AR--13-05