Published February 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Kinetic parameter calculation as function of burn-up of candu reactor

Creators

  • 1. Center for Development of Research Reactor Technology, National Nuclear Energy Agency, Serpong (Indonesia)

Description

Kinetic parameter calculation as function of burn-up of candu reactor. Kinetic marameter calculation as function of burp-up of CANDU reactor with Canflex fuel type-CANDU has been done. This type of fuel is currently being develop, so kinetic parameter such as effective delay neutron fraction (.......), delay neutron decay constant ( .... ) and prompt neutron generation time ( ...... ) are very important for analysis of reactor operation safety. WIMS-CRNL code was used to generate macroscopic cross section and reaction rate based on transport theory. Fast and thermal neutron velocity and macroscopic cross section fission product of the unit cell were determined by KINETIC Code. The result of calculation showed that the value of effective delay neutron fraction was 7,785616 x 10-3 at the beginning of operation at burn-up of 0 MWD/T and after the reactor operated at burn-up of 7,2231 x 10-3 MWD/T was 4,962766 x 10-3, or reduced by 36%. The value of prompt generation time was 9,982703 x 10-4 s at the beginning of operation at burn-up of 0 MWD/T and 8,965416 x 10-4 s after the reactor operated at burn-up of 7,2231 x 103 MWD/T, or reduced by 10%. The result of calculation showed that the values of effective delay neutron fraction and prompt neutron generation time are still great enough

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Additional titles

Original title (Indonesian)
Perhitungan parameter kinetik sebagai fungsi fraksi bakar reaktor candu

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Jurnal Teknologi Reaktor Nuklir
Journal Volume
3
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-10
ISSN
1411-240X

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Notes
6 refs.; 7 tabs.; 4 figs.