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Correlations among FBR core characteristics for various fuel compositions

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Pages 640-654 | Received 05 Dec 2011, Accepted 30 Mar 2012, Published online: 29 May 2012

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Figure 1. Configuration of the reference core.

Figure 1. Configuration of the reference core.

Table 1. Core specifications.

Table 2. Typical TRU compositions.

Table 3. Major characteristics of the reference core.

Figure 2. Relation between sodium void reactivity and Doppler coefficient.

Figure 2. Relation between sodium void reactivity and Doppler coefficient.

Figure 3. Relation between sodium void reactivity and burnup reactivity.

Figure 3. Relation between sodium void reactivity and burnup reactivity.

Table 4. Nuclide transmutation chain in the transmutation matrix.

Figure 4. Excess reactivity transitions in the equilibrium cycle.

Figure 4. Excess reactivity transitions in the equilibrium cycle.

Figure 5. Sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity, Doppler coefficient, and burnup reactivity.

Figure 5. Sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity, Doppler coefficient, and burnup reactivity.

Figure 6. Improved sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity, Doppler coefficient, and burnup reactivity.

Figure 6. Improved sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity, Doppler coefficient, and burnup reactivity.

Figure 7. Relation between improved sensitivity coefficients for sodium void reactivity and Doppler coefficient.

Figure 7. Relation between improved sensitivity coefficients for sodium void reactivity and Doppler coefficient.

Figure 8. Fuel nuclide fractions of fresh fuels and EOEC core fuels.

Figure 8. Fuel nuclide fractions of fresh fuels and EOEC core fuels.

Figure 9. Relation between normalized simplified burnup reactivity index and burnup reactivity.

Figure 9. Relation between normalized simplified burnup reactivity index and burnup reactivity.

Table 5. Normalized differential reactivity worth coefficients and normalized microscopic fission reaction cross sections .

Figure A1. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity for Pu-239.

Figure A1. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity for Pu-239.

Figure A2. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity for Am-241.

Figure A2. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of sodium void reactivity for Am-241.

Figure A3. Difference between neutron flux spectra for sodium-voided system and unperturbed system.

Figure A3. Difference between neutron flux spectra for sodium-voided system and unperturbed system.

Figure A4. Neutron energy dependence of microscopic cross sections.

Figure A4. Neutron energy dependence of microscopic cross sections.

Figure A5. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of Doppler coefficient for U-238.

Figure A5. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of Doppler coefficient for U-238.

Figure A6. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of Doppler coefficient for Pu-239.

Figure A6. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of Doppler coefficient for Pu-239.

Figure A7. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of Doppler coefficient for Am-241.

Figure A7. Energy- and reaction-term-wise sensitivity coefficients of Doppler coefficient for Am-241.

Figure A8. Difference between neutron flux spectra for temperature-increased system and unperturbed system.

Figure A8. Difference between neutron flux spectra for temperature-increased system and unperturbed system.

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