Published February 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

A study on the feasibility of minor actinides in BWR

  • 1. Kelompok Keilmuan Fisika Nuklir dan Biofisika, Program Studi Fisika Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung (Indonesia)
  • 2. Pusat Teknologi Nuklir Bahan dan Radiometri - BATAN, Bandung (Indonesia)

Description

Preliminary study on the feasibility of actinides minor (MA) recycling without mixing them with plutonium in boiling water reactor (BWR) has been carried out. The results show that increasing of fissile MA content in mixed oxide fuel (MOX) and/or reducing void fraction can enlarge the effective multiplication factor at the beginning of cycle, but the reactor still can not obtain its criticality condition. Furthermore, dropping the void fraction results in higher reactivity swing and therefore plummeting the safety factor of the reactor. (author)

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Additional titles

Original title (Indonesian)
Studi tentang fisibilitas daur ulang aktinida minor dalam BWR

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Jurnal Sains dan Teknologi Nuklir Indonesia
Journal Volume
IX
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 11-24
ISSN
1411-3481

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Notes
13 refs.; 3 tabs.; 13 figs.