Published December 1965 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

On the burn-up characteristics of large Pu-U fast reactors

Creators

  • 1. Kyoto University, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto (Japan)

Description

Breeding ratio, effective multiplication factor keff sodium-void reactivity effect of Pu-U fast reactors having a 3,000 l core volume are investigated as functions of burn-up. Following results are obtained. (1) Initial breeding ratio does not fail to be a measure for roughly estimating breeding character. (2) By charging Pu fuel in the internal blanket situated inside core region, keff of the system remains almost constant along with burn-up. (3) The variation of sodium-void reactivity due to fuel burn-up of the above system does not seem to be serious. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/18811248.1965.9732257

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1080/18811248.1965.9732257;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology (Tokyo) (Online)
Journal Volume
2
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 525-531
ISSN
1881-1248

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
54017026
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
BREEDING BLANKETS; BREEDING RATIO; BURNUP; FAST REACTORS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; MULTIPLICATION FACTORS; PLUTONIUM; REACTIVITY; REACTOR CORES; SODIUM COOLED REACTORS; VOID COEFFICIENT
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; CONVERSION RATIO; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; FUELS; LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS

Optional Information

Notes
6 refs., 5 figs., 5 tabs.