A comprehensive study on source terms in irradiated graphite spheres of HTR-10

被引：16

作者：

Xie, Feng ^{[1
]}

Li, Hong ^{[1
]}

Liu, Xuegang ^{[1
]}

Chen, Jing ^{[1
]}

Li, Chuan ^{[1
]}

Chen, Xiaotong ^{[1
]}

Verfondern, Karl ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Tsinghua Univ, Inst Nucl & New Energy Technol, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Adv Nucl Energy Technol, Key Lab Adv Reactor Engn & Safety,Minist Educ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China

[2] Res Ctr Juelich, Inst Energy & Climate Res, Nucl Waste Management & Reactor Safety IEK 6, D-52425 Julich, Germany

来源：

ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY | 2018年 / 122卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

10MW high temperature gas-cooled reactor; Activation products; Fission products; Irradiated graphite spheres; Specific activity; PRIMARY LOOP; TRITIUM; MANUFACTURE; EU-154; DESIGN;

D O I：

10.1016/j.anucene.2018.08.034

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：

With previously developed experimental methods which include the preparation and measurement process for the graphite sample, two new irradiated graphite spheres with surface gamma dose rates of 51.00 mu Sv/h and 0.14 mu Sv/h from the reactor core of the 10 MW high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTR-10) have been investigated experimentally. The total beta counting rate, the beta spectra and the gamma spectra for each graphite sample of irradiated graphite spheres were recorded with a total alpha/beta counting measuring apparatus, a liquid scintillation counter and a high-purity germanium detector connected to a multichannel analyzer, respectively. Combined with previous experimental data of two irradiated graphite spheres with surface gamma dose rates of 25.10 mu Sv/h and 1.17 mu Sv/h, the types of key nuclides in the irradiated graphite sphere of HTR-10 were determined, which were H-3, C-14, Co-60, Cs-137, Eu-152 and Eu-154. The distributions for each nuclide in four irradiated graphite spheres were compared. The generation mechanisms of H-3, C-14, Co-60, Cs-137, Eu-152 and Eu-154 in the irradiated graphite sphere of HTR-10 were discussed and analyzed. Based on all the experimental data regarding impurities and uranium contamination in the matrix graphite of HTR-10 available, a sensitivity analysis was performed to explain the effect of impurities and uranium contamination on the specific activity of key nuclides in the graphite sphere. The influence of the neutron flux and the dwell time in the core on the specific activity of key nuclides was also considered. The differences of experimental specific activities among these irradiated graphite spheres were compared and explained. Current comprehensive studies on irradiated graphite spheres of HTR-10 can provide valuable information for the source term analysis, waste minimization and radiation protection of high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs). (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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页码：352 / 365

页数：14

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