Published 2009
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Fuel cycle flexibility in Advanced Heavy Water Reactor
Creators
- 1. Reactor Design and Development Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai (India)
Description
The Advanced Heavy water Reactor (AHWR) is especially being designed for utilization of thorium. The main objective of AHWR is to produce power largely from Th/233U in a closed fuel cycle that is self-sustaining in 233U with the use of top-up fuel to achieve reasonably high burnup. Online fuelling and passive safety features such as heat removal by natural circulation and negative void coefficients are major features of AHWR. The reactor, however, offers enough flexibility to accommodate different kinds of fuel cycles. In this paper we show how different fuel cycles can be implemented in AHWR. The role of multipurpose displacer is highlighted in this connection. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Imprint Place
- Mumbai (India)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of international conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy - 2009. V. 1
- Imprint Pagination
- 408 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 232-233
Conference
- Title
- International conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy - 2009
- Dates
- 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2009
- Place
- New Delhi (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 40105715
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- AFTER-HEAT REMOVAL; BURNUP; CONTROL ELEMENTS; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; HWLWR TYPE REACTORS; SPECIFICATIONS; URANIUM 233; ZIRCALOY
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALLOYS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ISOTOPES; NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; REMOVAL; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 5 refs., 1 fig.