Feasibility of using erbium as burnable poison in VVER-1000 fuel assembly

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21730/19:00339640

Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Feasibility of using erbium as burnable poison in VVER-1000 fuel assembly

Original language description

This study shows the feasibility of using Erbium as a burnable absorber (BA) in the VVER-1000 reactor. Nowadays, Gd2O3 is commonly used BA in the form of additive compounds in the nuclear fuel for light water reactors. This analysis compares standard gadolinium absorber with a variant of absorber made of erbium in several forms. It is focused on the reactivity decrease and relative power of fresh fuel assemblies. The main aim of this study is to investigate neutronics properties of Erbium as the burnable neutron absorber and the possibility of the use in VVER-1000. Base on the Serpent calculations, a new type of fuel assemblies with Erbium absorbers are designed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20305 - Nuclear related engineering; (nuclear physics to be 1.3);

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings : 28th International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe (NENE 2019)

ISBN

978-961-6207-47-8

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

"1002.1"-"1002.8"

Publisher name

Nuclear Society of Slovenia

Place of publication

Ljubljana

Event location

Portorož, Slovenia

Event date

Sep 9, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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