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Neutron dimensioning of a fast breeder reactor (FBR) fuel shipping cask
- 1. Framatome-ANP Navatome Division, Lyon (France)
- 2. Framatome-ANP Fuel Technology Service, Lyon (France)
- 3. CEA/GET, Cadarache (France)
Description
The purpose of this study is to establish the subcriticality of a shipping cask with the loading of 7 containers of FBR fuel pins. Calculations have been carried out with the IRSN/CEA new calculation scheme called CRISTAL, based on the APOLLO2 sophisticated spectral code and on the MORET4 3D Monte Carlo code, and adopted by the French industry. The study has been performed for a heterogeneous medium (lattice of fissile pins surrounded by water) and for a homogeneous one (homogenization of fissile matter with water). The 1.015 maximum Keff obtained in case of a heterogeneous modelling of the fissile medium implies a revision of the cask capacity in order to meet the criticality safety criteria. (author)
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- ICNC2003: Proceedings of the seventh international conference on nuclear criticality safety. Challenges in the pursuit of global nuclear criticality safety
- Imprint Pagination
- 466 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 422-426
- Report number
- JAERI-Conf--2003-019-PT1
Conference
- Title
- 7. international conference on nuclear criticality safety. Challenges in the pursuit of global nuclear criticality safety
- Acronym
- ICNC2003
- Dates
- 20-24 Oct 2003
- Place
- Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 36116494
- Subject category
- S42: ENGINEERING;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CASKS; COMPUTER CODES; CRITICALITY; FBR TYPE REACTORS; FRANCE; FUEL PINS; HETEROGENEOUS REACTOR CORES; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPE RATIO; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIPLICATION FACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM DIOXIDE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; BREEDER REACTORS; CALCULATION METHODS; CHALCOGENIDES; CONTAINERS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EUROPE; FAST REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; MATERIALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; WESTERN EUROPE
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