Sultan J. Alsufyani , Nassar Alnassar , Mohammed Sallah , Mohamed A.E. Abdel-Rahman , Naima Amrani , A. Abdelghafar Galahom
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Investigating the possibility of using iridium as a burnable absorber in new fuel pellet designs of VVER-1200 for reactivity management
Searching for the optimal design of the fuel assembly and the material needed to manage the reactivity in the nuclear reactor is still vital. Therefore, new geometry configurations and materials have been investigated in this work to handle the excess reactivity. Two designs of burnable absorber fuel pellets concentric shell model (CSM) and outer shell model (OSM) have been proposed for VVER-1200 assembly. Four BA materials including Gd2O3, Eu2O3, Er2O3 and Ir2O3 have been suggested to be investigated in the proposed fuel pellet designs. Various dimensions and concentrations of the suggested BAs have been studied in the OSM and CSM to obtain the optimum model. From both designs, the optimal models from kinf behavior point of view have been selected and integral studies have been done on them. The neutronic analysis confirms the effectiveness of using erbium and iridium in the suggested models in managing the excess reactivity of VVER-1200.
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Nuclear Engineering and Design covers the wide range of disciplines involved in the engineering, design, safety and construction of nuclear fission reactors. The Editors welcome papers both on applied and innovative aspects and developments in nuclear science and technology.
Fundamentals of Reactor Design include:
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