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Impact of fuel density on performance and economy of research reactors.

"Research reactor fuel technology continues to evolve, driven in part by international efforts to develop high density fuels to enable the conversion of more reactors from highly enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuels. These high density fuels may offer economic benefits for...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2021.
Colección:IAEA nuclear energy series ; no. NF-T-2.7
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505 0 |a Intro -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Background -- 1.2. Objective -- 1.3. Scope -- 1.4. Structure -- 1.4.1. Scenario 1: Direct replacement of fuel meat -- 1.4.2. Scenario 2: Fuel assembly redesign -- 1.4.3. Scenario 3: Changes to core -- 1.4.4. Scenario 4: Change in reactor power -- 1.4.5. Annexes -- 2. PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF INCREASING FUEL DENSITY -- 2.1. Performance of irradiation facilities -- 2.1.1. With direct replacement of fuel meat -- 2.1.2. With fuel assembly redesign -- 2.1.3. With changes to core -- 2.1.4. With a change in the reactor power -- 2.2. Reactivity 
505 8 |a 2.3. Potential limitations and engineering measures -- 2.4. Safety parameters -- 2.4.1. Shutdown margins -- 2.4.2. Power peaking factor -- 2.4.3. Reactivity coefficients -- 2.4.4. Kinetic parameters -- 3. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF INCREASING FUEL DENSITY -- 3.1. Fuel consumption -- 3.1.1. With fixed core -- 3.1.2. With configurable core or power -- 3.2. Preliminary cost evaluation -- 3.2.1. Breakdown of research reactor operating cost -- 3.2.2. Breakdown of fuel cycle cost -- 3.2.3. Analytical expressions of fuel cycle cost -- 3.2.4. Impact of increased uranium density on reactor fuel cycle cost 
505 8 |a 3.2.5. Quantitative analysis -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Annex I PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF HIGH DENSITY U-Mo FUEL: INTRODUCTION TO THE JMTR -- Annex II COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FUEL MATERIALS FOR THE KIJANG RESEARCH REACTOR -- Annex III CONVERSION OF OPAL FROM U3Si2 TO HIGH DENSITY U‍-‍Mo FUEL -- Annex IV RP-10 RESEARCH REACTOR CONVERSION ANALYSIS -- Annex V CONVERSION OF GENERIC REACTORS FROM U3Si2 TO URANIUM-MOLYBDENUM (U-Mo) -- Annex VI COMPARATIVE STUDY ON FUEL DENSITY FOR THE AHR -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW 
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