Study of transmutation of minor actinides in accelerator-driven sub-critical fast reactor
Creators
- 1. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). Inst. of Nuclear Energy Technology
- 2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton (United States)
Description
Accelerator-Driven Sub-critical Fast Reactor (ADSFR) is chosen for transmutation of minor actinides from the spent fuel of PWR(U). In the core, the fuel type is (PuNpAmCm)Ox. Liquid sodium is chosen as coolant the neutronics calculation and analysis of the selected scheme have been done by using the following codes: LAHET, for the simulation of the interaction between the protons and the nuclei of the target; MCNP4A, for the simulation of interaction between neutrons with energy below 20 MeV and the nuclei of materials in the sub-critical blanket; ORIGEN2, for the multi-region burnup calculation of the blanket by using the one-group effective cross-section provided in the output of MCNP4A. The neutronics calculation and analysis show that the proposed scheme is feasible for transmutation of minor actinides, considering the factors such as the criticality safety, power density, burnup, etc
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- High Technology Letters
- Journal Volume
- 11
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 103-106
- ISSN
- 1002-0470
INIS
- Country of Publication
- China
- Country of Input or Organization
- China
- INIS RN
- 34019995
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTINIDES; BURNUP; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; CRITICALITY; FAST REACTORS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; L CODES; M CODES; O CODES; POWER DENSITY; REACTOR SAFETY; SIMULATION; SUBCRITICAL ASSEMBLIES; TRANSMUTATION
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; EPITHERMAL REACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; METALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SAFETY