MA Transmutation Performance Simulation and Accompanied Burning-up Analysis for C-ADS

An accelerator-driven subcritical reactor functions well in incinerating high-level radiotoxic waste (HLW) as well as providing energy. China is on his way to establish such a facility to transmutate the annual 1000 tons of HLW. A neutronic analysis has been performed for a reference core with a spe...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Ji-Lang, Miao, Zi-Chen, Zhao, Zhen-Qi, Chang
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 11.12.2016
Subjects
Actinides
Electric power distribution
Energy distribution
Energy spectra
Incineration
Nuclear fuels
Parameters
Transmutation
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Summary:An accelerator-driven subcritical reactor functions well in incinerating high-level radiotoxic waste (HLW) as well as providing energy. China is on his way to establish such a facility to transmutate the annual 1000 tons of HLW. A neutronic analysis has been performed for a reference core with a special task of burning minor actinides 237Np, 241Am, 243Am and 244Cm. Instant operation parameters are determined, including neutron energy spectra, thermal power distribution and transmutation validation. Burning-up analysis is carried out to further confirm the incineration efficiency. The core parameters optimized in this work will be applied to simulate in-core fuel behavior in future research.
ISSN:2331-8422