Effect of Decontamination Factor on Core Neutronic Design of Light Water Reactors Using Recovered Uranium Reprocessed by Advanced Aqueous Method
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In the case where uranium recovered by an advanced aqueous reprocessing is utilized in light water reactors (LWRs) with the thermal neutron spectrum, the effects of the decontamination factor (DF) of the reprocessing on core neutronic characteristics were examined. The amounts of transuranium (TRU) elements and fission products (FPs) contained in the recovered uranium depend on the DF of reprocessing, and also 236U is generated by neutron capture of 235U during a reactor operation. These all act as poisons in the fuel. Therefore, in this paper, the additional 235U enrichment necessary to compensate for the produced TRU elements, FPs, and 236U was evaluated for three representative DF values: 102, 103, and infinity. The low value of 102 corresponds to the advanced aqueous reprocessing investigated here. An APWR core with a discharge burnup of 49 GWd/t when the initial 235U enrichment is 4.6% was considered as the reference core. Uranium of the reference core was enriched from the natural one. It was calculated that the recovered uranium has to be re-enriched up to 5.24% even when DF is infinity in order to achieve the same burnup of 49 GWd/t as the reference core. On the other hand, it was also found that the necessary 235U enrichment after the advanced aqueous reprocessing studied here with the low DF value of 102 is only slightly different. The effect of the DF value on moderator reactivity coefficient was also studied, and no effect was found.
- 一般社団法人 日本原子力学会の論文
- 2009-05-01
著者
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OKUBO Tsutomu
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
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NAKANO Yoshihiro
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
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Koma Yoshikazu
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
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