Published 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Improvements in the design of the Venezuelan Research Reactor RV-1, based on a refined thermal-hydraulic analysis

  • 1. Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientific, Caracas (Venezuela)
  • 2. Kyoto Univ., Osaka (Japan)

Description

The plate-type Venezuelan research reactor RV-1, which reached criticality in 1960 (Ref. 1), has a limited capacity for sample irradiations and for beam experiments despite its 3-M intermediate power. This is mainly due to its current fuel design, which contains low concentrations of 20% enriched uranium, as originally designed, generating relatively low neutron fluxes in a non-compact-core size

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
68
Journal Page Range
p. 508-510.
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSAO

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society (ANS) annual meeting.
Dates
20-24 Jun 1993.
Place
San Diego, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25022838
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CRITICALITY; DESIGN; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; RESEARCH REACTORS; THERMAL ANALYSIS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY TRANSFER; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SIMULATION

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-930601--.