Transient Safety Analysis of Fast Spectrum TRU Burning LWRs with Internal Blankets

Downar, Thomas¹  Zazimi, Mujid²  Hill, Bob³ 

[1]Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

[2]Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

[3]Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

关键词: SAFETY ANALYSIS;    TRANSIENTS;    BWR TYPE REACTORS;    DESIGN;    MONTE CARLO METHOD;    CROSS SECTIONS;    EVALUATION;    PERFORMANCE;    PROPOSALS;    FAST NEUTRONS;    FISSION;    TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;    REACTOR CORES;    BREEDING BLANETS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1183894
RP-ID  :  DOE/NEUP--11-3152
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1183894
Others  :  Other: 11-3152
Others  :  TRN: US1500408

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this proposal was to perform a detailed transient safety analysis of the Resource-Renewable BWR (RBWR) core designs using the U.S. NRC TRACE/PARCS code system. This project involved the same joint team that has performed the RBWR design evaluation for EPRI and therefore be able to leverage that previous work. And because of their extensive experience with fast spectrum reactors and parfait core designs, ANL was also part the project team. The principal outcome of this project was the development of a state-of-the-art transient analysis capability for GEN-IV reactors based on Monte Carlo generated cross sections and the US NRC coupled code system TRACE/PARCS, and a state-of-the-art coupled code assessment of the transient safety performance of the RBWR.