Comparison of Simple Design of Sodium and Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Cores
Abstract
Abstract The purpose of this report was to present the results of a numerical simulation of thermal hydraulics processes in the liquid metal cooled fast reactor core, combined with the simple neutron population computing for infinite pin cell lattice. Two types of the coolant have been studied: liquid sodium and the liquid lead, with all requirements regarded to safety conditions. Temperature distributions along the cooling channel and distributions in radial direction have been prepared and in the next step the criticality calculations using MCNP Monte Carlo code for MOX fuel have been conducted.References
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Pfrang, W., Struwe, D., 2007. Assessment of Correlations for Heat Transfer to the Coolant for Heavy Liquid Metal Cooled Core Designs. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Gmbh.
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Todreas, N., Kazimi, M. S., 1990. Nuclear Systems: Vol. I, Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals. Taylor & Francis.
Tucek, K., 2004. Neutronic and burnup studies of accelerator-driven systems dedicated to nuclear waste transmutation. Ph.D. thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
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Wallenius, J., 2010. Transmutation of nuclear waste. Royal University of Technology, Stockholm, http://neutron.kth.se/courses/transmutation/TextBook.shtml.
Waltar, A., Reynolds, A., 1981. Fast Breeder Reactors. Pergamon Press.
Williams, R., Graves, R., McElroy, D., 1984. Thermal and electrical conductivi- ties of an improved 9 Cr-1 Mo steel from 360 to 1000 K. International Journal of Thermophysics 5 (3), 301–313.
Zhang, H., Zhao, H., Mousseau, V., do Szilard, R., 2009. Design considerations for economically competitive sodium cooled fast reactors. In: ICAPP.
Zrodnikov, A., Toshinsky, G., Komlev, O., Dragunov, Y., Stepanow, V., Klimov, N., Generalov, V., Kopytov, I., Krushelnitsky, V., 2008. Innovative nuclear technology based on modular multi-purpose lead-bismuth cooled fast reactors. Progress in Energy 50 (2-6), 170–178.
Published
2014-05-15
How to Cite
MAZGAJ, Piotr et al.
Comparison of Simple Design of Sodium and Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Cores.
Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 94, n. 5, p. 16--26, may 2014.
ISSN 2083-4195.
Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/394>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2024.
Section
Nuclear Power
Keywords
lead fast reactor; sodium fast reactor; pin design; MCNP
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