High-power fast reactors with joint using of uranium-235 and plutonium

Abstract

In the present paper characteristics of fast reactors with simultaneous using of uranium-235 and plutonium in the core are considered. Joint using of uranium and plutonium fuels in a reactor is shown to result in a considerable effect both in flattening of the heat-generation field and in its stabilization. As a result a considerable increase of the power density removed in combination from uranium and plutonium is achieved.