Published 1986
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Report
Burnup versus criticality limitations for a potential space reactor design in the 1 to 100 MWth range
Description
The reduction of lifetime for a specific reactor design by the loss of reactivity control using external control was studied at 1, 10, and 100 MWth. The enrichment was varied from 45% to 97% to observe the variation of lifetime as a function of fuel enrichment. Achieving the maximum lifetime may become the primary driver when tradeoffs between replacement costs, launch costs and system size are completed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Transactions of the symposia on space nuclear power systems. Summaries 1986
- Journal Page Range
- p. MM-5.1-MM-5.3.
- Report number
- CONF-860102--Summs
Conference
- Title
- 3. symposium on space nuclear power systems.
- Dates
- 13-16 Jan 1986.
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 18100690
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- BERYLLIUM; BURNUP; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL PELLETS; GRAPHITE; LIFETIME; NEUTRON REFLECTORS; REACTIVITY; SPACE POWER REACTORS; URANIUM CARBIDES; ZIRCONIUM CARBIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CARBIDES; CARBON; CARBON COMPOUNDS; DATA; ELEMENTS; INFORMATION; METALS; MOBILE REACTORS; NONMETALS; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS