- Tytuł:
- Neutronic analysis of LBE-uranium spallation target accelerator driven system loaded with uranium dioxide in TRISO particles
- Autorzy:
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Bakir, G.
Selçuklu, S.
Genç, G.
Yapici, H. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1068556.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016-07
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Fizyki PAN
- Tematy:
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28.20.-v
28.20.Np
28.65.+a
29.20.dg
29.85.Fj - Opis:
- This study presents the neutronic performances of fissile breeding and energy production of a gas cooled accelerator-driven system with LBE-uranium dioxide (UO₂) spallation target. The accelerator-driven system is designed and optimized by considering various target materials, in terms of neutronic. Two different materials, LBE + natural UO₂ and LBE + 15% enrichment UO₂ are selected as target materials. The target zone is divided into two parts, one within the other; the outer part is pure LBE target part, and the inner part is UO₂ target part cooled with the helium gas. Tristructural-isotropic (TRISO)-coated fuel particles, containing UO₂ fuel, are embedded in a carbon matrix pebble with the packing fraction of a 29%, and the pebbles are placed in the UO₂ target part and in the fuel core with the packing fraction of a 60%. The fuel core is cooled with helium that is a high-temperature coolant. The target is bombarded with the continuous beams of a 1 GeV protons to produce high-flux neutrons that enter the fuel core. The fuel core is surrounded with a graphite reflector zone serving as both effective moderation and reflection of these neutrons. Furthermore, the whole system is enclosed by boron carbide, B₄C (shielding zone), to prevent the neutrons leakage out of the accelerator-driven system. The high-energy Monte Carlo code MCNPX along with the LA150 library is used for neutronic calculations. The numerical results bring out that the investigated accelerator-driven system has a high neutronic performance, from the energy production and fissile breeding points of view. Namely, it can be obtained over the thermal power of a 350 MW and produced over the fissile breeding of a 300 g/day.
- Źródło:
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Acta Physica Polonica A; 2016, 130, 1; 30-32
0587-4246
1898-794X - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Physica Polonica A
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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