Physics of Plutonium Recycling
Subtitle: Volume VII: BWR MOX Benchmark - Specification and Results
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and Nuclear Energy Agency
Contributors: Nuclear Energy Agency
Series: Nuclear science; Nuclear Science
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9789264299054
Subjects: Nuclear energy
Description: The OECD/NEA Working Party on the Physics of Plutonium Fuels and Innovative Fuel Cycles (WPPR) conducted a physics code benchmark test for the recycling of plutonium as PuO2/UO2 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel in boiling water reactors (BWRs) compared to pressurised water reactors (PWRs). This volume reports on the benchmark results and conclusions that can be drawn from it.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Contributors; title: Executive Summary; title: Chapter 1. Introduction; title: Chapter 2. Summary of the Benchmark; title: Overview; title: Geometry and Materials Specification; title: Benchmark Calculations; title: Chapter 3. Solutions and Analysis; title: Participants; title: Code Descriptions; title: Solutions; title: Chapter 4. Discussions and Interpretation of Results; title: BOL k inf; title: Variation of k inf with Burn-Up; title: Power Peaking Factor; title: Gadolinia Depletion Behaviour; title: Heavy Nuclide Concentrations; title: Void Effect; title: Concluding Remarks; title: Annex: BWR MOX Benchmark Specification; title: Appendix 1. Material Density and Pu Composition; title: Appendix 2. Details to be Provided about the Calculational Scheme Use; title: Appendix 3. Definition of a Simplified Cruciform Control Rod Model for the MOX BWR Benchmark; title: Addendum. Participants in the BWR MOX Benchmark