Use of 2SPC depletion scheme in UWB1 nuclear fuel depletion code for the assessment of burnable absorber fuel design
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F49777513%3A23220%2F16%3A43928904" target="_blank" >RIV/49777513:23220/16:43928904 - isvavai.cz</a>
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RIV/68407700:21220/16:00310242
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Use of 2SPC depletion scheme in UWB1 nuclear fuel depletion code for the assessment of burnable absorber fuel design
Original language description
UWB1 depletion code is being developed as a fast computational tool for the study of burnable absorbers in University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Research of fuel depletion aims at development and introduction of advanced types of burnable absorbers in nuclear fuel. Burnable absorbers compensate for the initial excess reactivity and consequently allow for lower power peaking factors and longer fuel cycles with higher fuel enrichments. In order to achieve high precision within the UWB1 code, the Monte Carlo solver for lattice cell calculations is used to solve transport equation. Bateman equations are solved in 2sPC scheme - special depletion scheme that relies on nuclide-based predictor-corrector method in both transport and burnup part of fuel depletion. The paper describes the depletion calculations of CANDU, PWR and SFR nuclear fuel doped with rare earth oxides as burnable absorber. Uniform distribution of burnable absorber in the fuel is assumed. Based on performed depletion calculations, rare earth oxides are divided into two groups: suitable burnable absorbers and poisoning absorbers. Moreover, basic economic comparison is performed based on actual stock prices.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
JA - Electronics and optoelectronics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TE01020455" target="_blank" >TE01020455: Centre for Advanced Nuclear Technologies (CANUT)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
The Physics of Reactors (Physor 2016) : Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century
ISBN
978-1-5108-2573-4
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Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
463-476
Publisher name
American Nuclear Society
Place of publication
Illinois
Event location
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
Event date
May 1, 2016
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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