Advanced reactors with innovative fuels : second workshop proceedings, Chester, United Kingdom, 22-24 October 2001 / hosted by British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL).

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Contributor:

OECD Nuclear Energy Agency.

British Nuclear Fuels (Firm)

Conference Name:

Workshop on Advanced Reactors With Innovative Fuels (2nd : 2001 : Chester, U.K.)

Series:

Nuclear science

Nuclear development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear reactors--Congresses.

Nuclear reactors.

Nuclear fuels--Congresses.

Nuclear fuels.

Water cooled reactors--Congresses.

Water cooled reactors.

Fast reactors--Congresses.

Fast reactors.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

509 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris : Nuclear Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, [2002]

Summary:

Papers from an October 2001 workshop present information on research and development activities for advanced reactor systems, identify areas in which international cooperation could be strengthened, look at roles that could be played by existing experimental facilities, and discuss the possible needs for new infrastructure. Papers are organized in sections on high-temperature gas reactors, design and performance of innovative fuels, evolutionary and modular water reactors, fast spectrum reactors, molten-salt reactors, and accelerator-driven systems. There is no subject index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Barriers and Incentives to Introducing New Reactors in the Deregulated Electricity Market / W.L. Wilkinson 29

The Need to Preserve Nuclear Fuels and Materials Knowledge / L.C. Walters, J. Graham 35

High-Temperature Gas Reactors / Chair: H. Beaumont, Chair: W. Zwermann 41

European Collaboration on Research into High-temperature Reactor Technology / T.J. Abram, D. Hittner, W. von Lensa, A. Languille, D. Buckthorpe, J. Guidez, J. Martin-Bermejo 43

Design of B[subscript 4]C Burnable Particles Mixed in LEU Fuel for HTRs / V. Berthou, J.L. Kloosterman, H. Van Dam, T.H.J.J. Van der Hagen 45

Thorium and Plutonium Utilisation in Pebble-bed Modular Reactor / U.E. Sikik, H. Dikmen, Y. Cecen, U. Colak, O.K. Kadiroglu 57

A Conceptual Fluidised Particle-bed Reactor

Application of Space-dependent Kinetics / C.C. Pain, J.L.M.A. Gomes, M.D. Eaton, C.R.E. de Oliveira, A.P. Umpleby, A.J.H. Goddard, H. van Dam, T.H.J.J. van der Hagen, D. Lathouwers 63

Design and Performance of Innovative Fuels / Chair: R. Thetford, Chair: Y-W. Lee, Chair: K. Bakker 71

Extensive Characterisation of a Material for Understanding its Behaviour as a Nuclear Fuel: The Case of a Zirconia-plutonium Inert-matrix Fuel / C. Degueldre, F. Ingold, C. Hellwig, S. Conradson, M. Dobeli, Y.W. Lee 73

Annular Plutonium-zirconium Nitride Fuel Pellets / M. Streit, F. Ingold, L.J. Gauckler, J-P. Ottaviani 81

Rock-like Oxide Fuels for Burning Excess Plutonium in LWRs / T. Yamashita, K. Kuramoto, H. Akie, Y. Nakano, N. Nitani, T. Nakamura, K. Kusagaya, T. Ohmichi 91

Application of Ceramic Nuclear Fuel Materials for Innovative Fuels and Fuel Cycles / Y-W. Lee 103

Innovative MOX Fuel for Fast Reactor Applications / K. Bakker, H. Thesingh, T. Ozawa, Y. Shigetome, S. Kono, H. Endo, Ch. Hellwig, P. Heimgartner, F. Ingold, H. Wallin 113

Behaviour of Rock-like Oxide Fuels Under Reactivity-initiated Accident Conditions / K. Kusagaya, T. Nakamura, M. Yoshinaga, H. Akie, T. Yamashita, H. Uetsuka 123

Theoretical Requirements to Tolerances to be Imposed on Fuel Rod Design Parameters for RBEC-M Lead-bismuth Fast Reactor / A. Vasiliev, P. Alekseev, K. Mikityuk, P. Fomichenko, A. Shestopalov 135

Advanced Plutonium Assembly (APA): Evolution of the Concept, Neutron and Thermal-mechanic Constraints / J. Porta, B. Gastaldi, C. Krakowiak-Aillaud, L. Buffe 147

Thermophysical and Chemical Properties of Minor-actinide Fuels / M.A. Mignanelli, R. Thetford 161

Some Views on the Design and Fabrication of Targets or Fuels Containing Curium / J. Somers, A. Fernandez, R.J.M. Konings, G. Ledergerber 173

Evolutionary and Modular Water Reactors / Chair: D. Porsch, Chair: P. D'hondt, Chair: T. Downar 183

Innovative Features and Fuel Design Approach in the IRIS Reactor / B. Petrovic, M. Carelli, E. Greenspan, H. Matsumoto, E. Padovani, F. Ganda 185

Core Concept for Long Operating Cycle Simplified BWR (LSBWR) / K. Hiraiwa, N. Yoshida, M. Nakamaru, H. Heki, M. Aritomi 193

Core Design Study on Reduced-moderation Water Reactors / H. Akie, Y. Nakano, T. Shirakawa, T. Okubo, T. Iwamura 205

The Utilisation of Thorium Fuel in a Generation IV Light Water Reactor Design / T.J. Downar, Y. Xu 215

Thorium Fuel in LWRs: An Option for an Effective Reduction of Plutonium Stockpiles / D. Porsch, D. Sommer 227

PWRs Using HTGR Fuel Concept with Cladding for Ultimate Safety / Y. Shimazu, H. Tochihara, Y. Akiyama, K. Itoh 235

Feasibility of Partial LWR Core Loadings with Inert-matrix Fuel / U. Kasemeyer, Ch. Hellwig, D.W. Dean, R. Chawla, G. Meier, T. Williams 245

CEA Studies About Innovative Water-cooled Reactor Concepts / P. Dumaz, A. Bergeron, G.M. Gautier, J.F. Pignatel, G. Rimpault, G. Youinou 261

BARS: BWR with Advanced Recycle System / K. Hiraiwa, Y. Yamamoto, K. Yoshioka, M. Yamaoka, A. Inoue, J. Mimatu 275

Advanced Fuel Cycle for Long-lived Core of Small-size Light Water Reactor of ABV Type / A. Polismakov, V. Tsibulsky, A. Chibinyaev, P. Alekseev 287

A New Approach for the Systems Dedicated to Transmutation: The Reactor with Compensated Beta / B. Bernardin 293

Fast Spectrum Reactors / Chair: P. Alekseev, Chair: H. Sekimoto 303

A Simplified LMFBR Concept (SFR) / D.V. Sherwood, T.A. Lennox 305

The Design of the Enhanced Gas-cooled Reactor (EGCR) / H.M. Beaumont, A. Cheyne, J. Gilroy, G. Hulme, T.A. Lennox, R.E. Sunderland, D.P. Every 313

The Flexibility of CO[subscript 2]-cooled Fast Reactors for Plutonium and Minor-actinide Management / H.M. Beaumont, R.E. Sunderland, T.A. Lennox, J.T. Murgatroyd, E.K. Whyman, G. Hulme, S.J. Crossley 325

RBEC Lead-bismuth-cooled Fast Reactor: Review of Conceptual Decisions / P. Alekseev, P. Fomichenko, K. Mikityuk, V. Nevinitsa, T. Shchepetina, S. Subbotin, A. Vasiliev 337

Design and Performance Studies for Minor-actinide Target Fuels / T.D. Newton, P.J. Smith 349

Applications of "CANDLE" Burn-up Strategy to Several Reactors / H. Sekimoto 359

Molten-Salt Reactors / Chair: W. Zwermann 369

Molten-salt Reactor for Burning of Transuranium Nuclides Forming in Closed Nuclear Fuel Cycle / P.N. Alekseev, A.A. Dudnikov, V.V. Ignatiev, N.N. Ponomarev-Stepnoy, V.N. Prusakov, S.A. Subbotin, A.V. Vasiliev, R.Ya. Zakirov 371

AMSTER: A Molten-salt Reactor Concept Generating its Own [superscript 233]U and Incinerating Transuranium Elements / D. Lecarpentier, C. Garzenne, J. Vergnes, H. Mouney, M. Delpech 381

The SPHINX Project: Experimental Verification of Design Inputs for a Transmuter with Liquid Fuel Based on Molten Fluorides / M. Hron, J. Uhlir, J. Vanicek 393

Proposal of a Molten-salt System for Long-term Energy Production / V. Berthou, I. Slessarev, M. Salvatores 401

Accelerator-Driven Systems / Chair: Ch. DeRaedt 411

Experimental Investigations of the Accelerator-driven Transmutation Technologies at the Subcritical Facility "Yalina" / S.E. Chigrinov, H.I. Kiyavitskaya, I.G. Serafimovich, I.L. Rakhno, C.K. Rutkovskaia, Y. Fokov, A.M. Khilmanovich, B.A. Marstinkevich, V.V. Bournos, S.V. Korneev, S.E. Mazanik, A.V. Kulikovskaya, T.P. Korbut, N.K. Voropaj, I.V. Zhouk, M.K. Kievec 413

MYRRHA, A Multi-purpose ADS for R&D: Pre-design Phase Completion / H. Ait Abderrahim, P. Kupschus, Ph. Benoit, E. Malambu, K. Van Tichelen, B. Arien, F. Vermeersch, Th. Aoust, Ch. De Raedt, S. Bodart, P. D'hondt, Y. Jongen, S. Ternier, D. Vandeplassche 421

Optimisation of Conceptual Design of Cascade Subcritical Molten-salt Reactor / A. Vasiliev, P. Alekseev, A. Dudnikov, K. Mikityuk, S. Subbotin 433

Transmutation and Incineration of MAs in LWRs, MTRs and ADSs / Ch. De Raedt, B. Verboomen, Th. Aoust, H. Ait Abderrahim, E. Malambu, L.H. Baetsle 445

Determination of the [superscript 233]Pa(n,f) Reaction Cross-section for Thorium-fuelled Reactors / F. Tovesson, F-J. Hambsch, A. Oberstedt, B. Fogelberg, E. Ramstrom, S. Oberstedt 461

Miscellaneous Themes / Chair: K. Hesketh 467

The Key Role of Critical Mock-up Facilities for Neutronics Physics Assessment of Advanced Reactors: An Overview of CEA Cadarache Tools / G. Bignan, D. Rippert, P. Fougeras 469

Advanced Concepts for Waste Management and Nuclear Energy Production in the EURATOM 5th Framework Programme / M. Hugon, V.P. Bhatnagar, J. Martin Bermejo 481.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9264198474

OCLC:

50655459