Published September 1970
| Version v1
Journal article
Optimization of fuel loadings for high power test reactors
Creators
- 1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Lewis Research Center
Description
A method was developed for determining the optimum fuel utilization for the Plum Brook Reactor (PBR). The method used available PBR criticality data to incorporate the effects of neutron leakage and nonuniformity of burnup in a point model of the core. This allowed the model to predict the performance of the core as a function of new element weight and number of uses per element. A graphical model was devised to determine the optimum. The article shows the derivation of the model and its application for a typical PBR configuration.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.13182/nt70-a28790;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Applications and Technology
- Journal Volume
- 9
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Nucl. Appl. Technol.
- Journal Page Range
- 356-363
- ISSN
- 0550-3043
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 1003890
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Progress Report
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNUP; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; FUELS; MATHEMATICS; PERFORMANCE; PROGRAMMING; RESEARCH REACTORS; USES; NASA-TR; OPTIMIZATION
Optional Information
- Notes
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