The procedure and results of calculations of the equilibrium isotopic composition of a demonstration subcritical molten salt reactor

A subcritical molten salt reactor with an external neutron source is studied computationally as a facility for incineration and transmutation of minor actinides from spent nuclear fuel of reactors of VVER-1000 type and for producing 233 U from 232 Th. The reactor configuration is chosen, the require...

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Published inPhysics of atomic nuclei Vol. 78; no. 11; pp. 1246 - 1251
Main Authors Nevinitsa, V. A., Dudnikov, A. A., Blandinskiy, V. Yu, Balanin, A. L., Alekseev, P. N., Titarenko, Yu. E., Batyaev, V. F., Pavlov, K. V., Titarenko, A. Yu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 15.12.2015
Springer
Subjects
ACTINIDES
EQUILIBRIUM
FUEL CYCLE
ISOTOPE RATIO
MOLTEN SALT REACTORS
NEUTRON SOURCES
Nuclear energy
Nuclear fuel cycle
Nuclear industry
Nuclear reactors
Particle and Nuclear Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
SPENT FUELS
Spent reactor fuels
THORIUM 232
TRANSMUTATION
Uranium
URANIUM 233
WWER TYPE REACTORS
external neutron source
target assembly
subcritical molten salt reactor
computational studies
transmutation and incineration of minor actinides
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Summary:A subcritical molten salt reactor with an external neutron source is studied computationally as a facility for incineration and transmutation of minor actinides from spent nuclear fuel of reactors of VVER-1000 type and for producing 233 U from 232 Th. The reactor configuration is chosen, the requirements to be imposed on the external neutron source are formulated, and the equilibrium isotopic composition of heavy nuclides and the key parameters of the fuel cycle are calculated.
ISSN:1063-7788
1562-692X
DOI:10.1134/S1063778815110137