ADVANCED MOX AND IMF FUEL ASSEMBLY DESIGNS FOR MULTI-RECYCLING TRANSURANICS Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Several new fuel assembly designs for multi-recycling Transuranics from spent nuclear fuel are proposed and investigated. Among these are (1) Mixed Oxide Fuel with Enriched Uranium (MOX-EU), in which Plutonium oxide and U-235 enriched Uranium oxide are mixed (2) MOX fuel with Americium coating, in which a thin layer of Americium is applied to the outer surface of the MOX fuel pellet, and (3) an heterogeneous fuel assembly consists of Inert-Matrix Fuel (IMF) pins at the periphery and UOX pins in the inner zone. All these designs are compatible with standard PWR utilizing 1717 fuel assemblies. In-reactor fuel depletion simulation and long-term isotopic decay calculation are carried out using DRAGON[1] and ORIGEN[2], separately. Transuranics mass balance and long-term radiotoxicity analyses are implemented and the results are normalized to per 1TWh-electricity produced.

name of conference

  • 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering: Volume 2

published proceedings

  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENGINEERING 2010, VOL 2

author list (cited authors)

  • Zhang, Y., & Ragusa, J. C.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Zhang, Yunhuang||Ragusa, Jean C

publication date

  • January 2011