Physics of Plutonium Recycling [electronic resource] : Volume VI
Publishing, OECD.
NEA StaffCorporate Author
Agency, Nuclear Energy.
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2002.
Although the recycling of plutonium as thermal mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) is now well-established on a commercial scale, many physics questions remain. The main question addressed in this report is the number of times plutonium can effectively be recycled in a PWR. This report describes in particular an exercise based on a realistic, multiple-recycle scenario, which followed plutonium through five generations of recycling in a PWR. It considered both a standard PWR design currently in use and a highly moderated design. The latter is a possible option for a dedi
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FOREWORD; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; BENCHMARK PARTICIPANTS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2. BENCHMARK SPECIFICATION; Chapter 3. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS; Chapter 4. PRESENTATION OF RESULTS; Annex to Chapter 4 - Energy per reaction; Chapter 5. DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS; Chapter 6. RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL BENCHMARK ON PWR MOX PIN CELLS; Annex 1 to Chapter 6 - Specifications of the new benchmark to compareMCNP, WIMS, APPOLLO2, CASMO4 and SRAC
Annex 2 to Chapter 6 - Effect of different state-of-the-art nuclear data librarieson the PWR MOX pin cells benchmark of Chapter 6Chapter 7. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A - Phase II - Benchmark specification; APPENDIX B - List of participants (addresses); APPENDIX C - List of symbols and abbreviations; APPENDIX D - Corrigendum for previous volumes
Although the recycling of plutonium as thermal mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in pressurised water reactors (PWRs) is now well-established on a commercial scale, many physics questions remain. The main question addressed in this report is the number of times plutonium can effectively be recycled in a PWR. This report describes in particular an exercise based on a realistic, multiple-recycle scenario, which followed plutonium through five generations of recycling in a PWR. It considered both a standard PWR design currently in use and a highly moderated design. The latter is a possible option for a dedi
Plutonium -- Recycling.
Plutonium as fuel.
Reactor fuel reprocessing.
Nuclear Science