| Autor: |
O. Ashraf, Alaa Hamdy El-Kholy, Tarek Elzayat, Ayman M. Abdalla, A. H. Ashry |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nuclear Energy and Technology, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 153-160 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2452-3038 |
| DOI: |
10.3897/nucet.10.125815 |
| Popis: |
The performance of the spectral shift control (SSC) method is evaluated and compared to the conventional poison method in the VVER-1000 fuel assembly design. The SSC method can be implemented by gradually adjusting the ratio of heavy water to light water moderator (D2O/H2O) during the fuel cycle. In this study, the efficiency of using the SSC design with or without a thermal absorber (gadolinium) is investigated. We apply the SSC with both 12 burnable absorber rods containing 4.0 wt.% Gd2O3 (Case 1) and without Gd2O3 (Case 2). The neutronic calculations indicate that the discharge burnup is enhanced by 60% and the conversion ratio (CR) is increased by 64.4% at the beginning of the cycle (BOC) compared to the benchmark data. The breeding of Pu239 and Pu241 is extended to 33.7% and 29.5%, respectively, for the SSC design case (2), and better utilization of U-235 and U-238 has been achieved compared to BM. |
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