Published 2006 | Version v1
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Assessment of deep burnup concept based on graphite moderated gas-cooled thermal reactor

  • 1. Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)
  • 2. General Atomics, P. O. Box 85608, San Diego, CA (United States)

Description

A systematic assessment of the General Atomics (GA) proposed one-pass and two-pass deep-burn concepts based on the modular helium-cooled reactor design (DB-MHR) using non-uranium fuel has been performed. Sensitivity studies are done to investigate the impact of core design parameters and concept on the transmutation performance (maximum of 60% destruction). The repository loading benefits arising from the DB-MHR and LWR Inert Matrix Fuel (IMF) concepts are also estimated and compared (∼2.0 and 1.6, respectively). (authors)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society - ANS
Imprint Place
La Grange Park (United States)
ISBN
0-89448-697-7
Imprint Pagination
12 p.

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics - Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation
Acronym
PHYSOR-2006
Dates
10-14 Sep 2006
Place
Vancouver, BC (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
43129965
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP; DESIGN; FUEL ELEMENTS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HELIUM COOLED REACTORS; MATRIX MATERIALS; REACTOR CORES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
GAS COOLED REACTORS; MATERIALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS

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