High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 35, Issue 5, 056002(2023)

Analysis of different burnup calculation models on nuclide components of spent fuel assembly in commercial pressurized water reactor

Xirong Chen1,2, Jinsen Xie1,2, Tao Yu1,2、*, Zining Ni1,2, Nianbiao Deng2,3, Zeng Shao4, and Haoran Xie1,2
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  • 1School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 2Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Center on Nuclear Energy and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 3School of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 4China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd, Beijing 100840, China
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    Burnup credit has an important impact on improving the efficiency of spent fuel storage. In the burnup credit, the burnup calculation model can affect the nuclide composition deviation, and the more accurate the nuclide composition, the lower the critical safety margin for spent fuel storage. To improve the accuracy of the burnup calculation, a multi-assembly burnup calculation model loaded with different fuel enrichment is proposed in this paper. Six samples of TMI-1 reactor NJ07OG assemblies were calculated, compared and analyzed by using different burnup calculation models. The results show that the average relative deviations of 235U, 238U and 239Pu obtained from the multi-assembly burnup model with different fuel enrichment are closer to zero and the relative deviations are more evenly distributed among the six samples than that of other models.

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    Xirong Chen, Jinsen Xie, Tao Yu, Zining Ni, Nianbiao Deng, Zeng Shao, Haoran Xie. Analysis of different burnup calculation models on nuclide components of spent fuel assembly in commercial pressurized water reactor[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(5): 056002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nuclear Science and Engineering

    Received: Jan. 13, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 6, 2023

    The Author Email: Yu Tao (yutao29@sina.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202335.230010

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