Published June 2018 | Version v1
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Radec - radially and axially designed cores for pebble bed nuclear reactor

Creators

  • 1. University of West Bohemia, Regional Innovation Centre for Electrical Engineering, Univerzitni 8, 306-14 Plzen (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Czech Technical University, Technicka 4, 160-07 Prague (Czech Republic)

Description

When optimizing high temperature gas cooled pebble bed reactor cores, three Radec non standard nuclear reactor shapes (a.k.a. hour-glass, flask, and lantern) are proposed, calculated and analyzed using the neutronics Serpent code. Taking into account temperature and burnup reactivity effects the power peaking factor for Radec shapes are compared with a standard cylindrical design. The flask and lantern Radec designs exhibit substantial neutronics improvements compared to the cylindrical core shape. (Author)

Availability note (English)

Available from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Centro de Informacion y Documentacion, 52750 Ocoyoacac, Estado de Mexico (MX), e-mail: mclaudia.gonzalez@inin.gob.mx

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana
Imprint Place
Ciudad de Mexico (Mexico)
Imprint Pagination
10 p.

Conference

Title
reactor physics paving the way towards more efficient systems
Acronym
PHYSOR 2018
Dates
22-26 Apr 2018
Place
Cancun, Q. R. (Mexico)

INIS

Country of Publication
Mexico
Country of Input or Organization
Mexico
INIS RN
50009246
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP; CASKS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; GLASS; OPTIMIZATION; PEBBLE BED REACTORS; REACTIVITY; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR DESIGN; SHAPE; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION; CONTAINERS; DESIGN; EVALUATION; GAS COOLED REACTORS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR LIFE CYCLE; REACTORS; SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; TEMPERATURE RANGE

Optional Information

Funding organization
Sociedad Nuclear Mexicana (Mexico); American Nuclear Society (United States); GE Hitachi (United States); Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares (Mexico); TerraPower (United States); Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (Mexico)