Self-fueling (233U) regime for a CANDU heavy-water power reactor

被引：1

作者：

Bergel'son, BR ^{[1
]}

Gerasimovi, AS ^{[1
]}

Tikhomirov, GV ^{[1
]}

Tsinhun, L ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Moscow Engn Phys Inst, Moscow, Russia

来源：

ATOMIC ENERGY | 2004年 / 97卷 / 04期

关键词：

Uranium; Plutonium; Power Reactor; Require Amount; Operating Regime;

D O I：

10.1007/s10512-005-0049-1

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

The possibility of using a thorium-uranium fuel cycle efficiently with a CANDU heavy-water power reactor is examined. A computational investigation of two operating regimes of the reactor is performed. It demonstrated that it is possible in practice to accumulate the required amount of U-233 at the first stage of operation by burning a certain amount of power-grade plutonium or enriched uranium. It is shown that using only U-233 accumulations it is possible to operate a high-capacity power reactor in a self-fueling regime for a long time (up to 20 or more years). Substantiation of the regime is based only on the CANDU power reactor technology which has been perfected in practice.

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页码：694 / 700

页数：7