Burn-up Credit Criticality Benchmark : Phase IV-B: Results and Analysis of MOX Fuel Depletion Calculations / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Series:

Nuclear science.

Nuclear science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear energy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages).

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003.

Summary:

The OECD/NEA Expert Group on Burn-up Credit was established in 1991 to address scientific and technical issues connected with the use of burn-up credit in nuclear fuel cycle operations. Following the completion of six benchmark exercises with uranium oxide (UOX) fuels irradiated in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) and boiling water reactors (BWRs), the present report concerns mixed uranium and plutonium oxide (MOX) fuels irradiated in PWRs. The exercises consisted of inventory calculations of MOX fuels for two initial plutonium compositions. The depletion calculations were carried out using three representations of the MOX assemblies and their interface with UOX assemblies. This enabled the investigation of the spatial and spectral effects during the irradiation of the MOX fuels.

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ISBN:

92-64-10350-3