Liquid neutron absorber alternatives for the MPTRR
Journal Article
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:411787
- INVAP S.E., S.C. de Bariloche (Argentina)
The Multi-Purpose Type Research Reactor (MPTRR) control and first shutdown systems consist of six control plates of a Ag-In-Cd alloy. The second shutdown system is given by a liquid neutron absorber, a solution of boric acid, filling the inside of the chimney separating the core from the reflectors. The chimney is composed of four sides (four independent systems), each of them formed by two Zircaloy walls of 0.6 cm, and the empty central space inside (1.8 cm) filled with pure nitrogen during normal operation. The licensing criterion for the second shutdown system (the chimney, for brevity) requires a reactivity worth of {approximately}5000 pcm. The purpose of the work is the analysis of alternative liquid absorbers and the maximum reactivity worth reachable by the second shut-down system.
- OSTI ID:
- 411787
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951006--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 73; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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