| Description |
1 online resource (164 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Nuclear Science, 1990-0643 |
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Nuclear science. 1990-0643
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Contributors -- Benchmark Participants -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Benchmark Specification -- Chapter 3. Participants and Methods -- Chapter 4. Presentation of Results -- Annex to Chapter 4: Energy per Reaction -- Chapter 5. Discussion and Interpretation of Results -- Chapter 6. Results of the Special Benchmark on PWR MOX PIN Cells -- Annex to Chapter 6 -- Specifications of the new benchmark to compare MCNP, WIMS, APPOLLP2, CASM04, and SRAC -- Annex to Chapter 6 -- Effect of different state-of-the-art nuclear data libraries on the PWR MOX pin cells benchmark of Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7. Conclusions -- Appendix A. Phase II Benchmark Specification -- Appendix B. List of Participants -- Appendix C. List of Symbols and Abbreviations -- Appendix D. Corrigendum for Previous Volumes |
| Summary |
Although the recycling of plutonium as thermal mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) is now well-established on a commercial scale, many physics questions remain. The main question addressed in this report is the number of times plutonium can effectively be recycled in a PWR. This report describes in particular an exercise based on a realistic, multiple-recycle scenario, which followed plutonium through five generations of recycling in a PWR. It considered both a standard PWR design currently in use and a highly moderated design. The latter is a possible option for a dedicated, MOX-fuelled PWR in which it would be possible to optimise the moderation for plutonium. The study of these two designs in parallel has provided a better understanding of their relative merits, as well as insight into the limitations of multiple recycling and the long-term toxicity of fission products and actinides |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
National Education Association of the United States
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| ISBN |
9789264199583 |
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9264199586 |
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