Estimate of the Possibility of a Self-Sustaining Nuclear Chain Reaction Accompanying Core Meltdown in a Research Reactor with IRT-M Type Fuel Assemblies

Autor:	V. A. Nasonov, Yu. E. Pesnya, A. V. Sidorenko
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Nuclear Energy and Engineering Nuclear reactor core Monte carlo code Chemistry 020209 energy Nuclear engineering 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Nuclear chain reaction Core (manufacturing) Research reactor 02 engineering and technology
Zdroj:	Atomic Energy. 121:79-83
ISSN:	1573-8205 1063-4258
DOI:	10.1007/s10512-016-0165-0
Popis:	Computational estimates are made of the possibility of a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in beyond design basis accidents with core meltdown in a research reactor, where IRT-3M or IRT-4M fuel assemblies with high- and low-enrichment fuel are used. The certified MCU-PTR Monte Carlo code is used for the computational estimates. A conservative approach (estimaticphon from above) is used. It is shown that a selfsustaining nuclear chain reaction is impossible during core meltdown.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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