Measurement and Analysis of Reactivity Worth of 241Am Sample in Water-Moderated Low-Enriched UO2 Fuel Lattices at TCA

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• The reactivity worths of 22.82 grams of 241Am oxide sample were measured and theoretically analyzed in water-moderated UO2 fuel lattices in seven cores of the Tank-Type Critical Assembly (TCA) at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency for an integral test of 241Am nuclear data. These cores provided a systematic variation in the neutron spectrum between the thermal and resonance energy regions. The sample reactivity worth was measured with an uncertainty of 2.1% or less. The theoretical analysis was performed using the JENDL-3.3 nuclear data by a Monte Carlo calculation method. Ratios of calculation to experiment (C/Es) of the reactivity worth were between 0.91 and 0.97, and showed no apparent dependence on the neutron spectrum. In addition, sensitivity analysis based on the deterministic calculation method was carried out to obtain the impact of changing the 241Am capture cross section on the sample reactivity worth. The result of this analysis showed that the C/E could be significantly improved by almost uniformly increasing the 241Am capture cross section of JENDL-3.3 by 25–30%.

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著者

• SAKURAI Takeshi

  Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

• MORI Takamasa

  Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

• OKAJIMA Shigeaki

  Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

• SUZAKI Takenori

  Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

• Ando Yoshihira

  Nuclear Engineering Laboratory Toshiba Corporation

• YAMAMOTO Toru

  Nuclear Energy System Safety Division, Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization

• LIEM Peng

  NAIS Co. Inc.

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