Feasibility of using thorium in fast power reactors

Autor:	V.M. Murogov, S. B. Shikhov, O.D. Kazachkovskii, A.I. Leipunskii
Rok vydání:	1965
Předmět:	Nuclear Energy and Engineering chemistry Nuclear engineering Radiochemistry General Engineering Environmental science Thorium chemistry.chemical_element Power reactor Raw material Constant (mathematics) Power (physics)
Zdroj:	Soviet Atomic Energy. 18:434-441
ISSN:	1573-8205 0038-531X
DOI:	10.1007/bf01115962
Popis:	This paper gives data on the feasibility of using U233 and thorium in a breeding-reactor system. From the viewpoint of doubling time, the most promising method is the simultaneous use of U233-Th and Pu239−U238 in a mixedffuel cycle in fast reactors; the thorium being distributed in the screens and the U233, Pu239 and U238 in the cores. Consumption and breeding of U233 and Pu239 is arranged so that their amounts remain in constant ratio. The doubling time of a fast-reactor system working with a mixedfuel cycle is considerably less than that of reactors using only U233 or thorium. The main raw material is thorium. A method is indicated for obtaining isotopically-pure U233 containing ~10−4% U232.
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