Sensitivity Analysis of Reprocessing Cooling Times on Light Water Reactor and Sodium Fast Reactor Fuel Cycles

R. M. Ferrer ; S. Bays ; M. Pope

关键词: CONVERSION RATIO;    COOLING TIME;    DESIGN;    FAST REACTORS;    FUEL CYCLE;    NEUTRON EMISSION;    NUCLEAR FUELS;    OXIDES;    REPROCESSING;    SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;    SODIUM;    WATER;    SPENT FUELS GNEP;    Light Water Reactor;    Reprocessing;    Sensitivity Analysis;    Sodium Fast Reactor;    UREX;   

DOI  :  10.2172/933189
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-08-14200
PID  :  OSTI ID: 933189
Others  :  TRN: US0803787

学科分类：核能源与工程

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study is to quantify the effects of variations of the Light Water Reactor (LWR) Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and fast reactor reprocessing cooling time on a Sodium Fast Reactor (SFR) assuming a single-tier fuel cycle scenario. The results from this study show the effects of different cooling times on the SFR’s transuranic (TRU) conversion ratio (CR) and transuranic fuel enrichment. Also, the decay heat, gamma heat and neutron emission of the SFR’s fresh fuel charge were evaluated. A 1000 MWth commercial-scale SFR design was selected as the baseline in this study. Both metal and oxide CR=0.50 SFR designs are investigated.