PWR-2 DEPLETION STUDIES
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4813178
Use of a synthesis depletion technique has provided esti mates of the lifetime behavior of the three-dimensional nuclear characteristics of PWR-2. Both the radial and axial portions of this technique indicate core lifetimes of the order of 10,000 EFPH. A substantial amount of core power is derived from the natural UO/sub 2/ in the blanket, amounting to an average of to 2000 deg F 47% over core lifetime. Of this amount, a significant portion at end of life is produc by the plutonium isotopes, amounting to to 2000 deg F 30% of total co power. Throughout most of core life the limittng threedimensional power densities do not exceed 2.7 times the seed average. Of the initial seed loading of 336 kg of U-235, 138 kg of U-235 are depleted to achieve core life (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. Bettis Atomic Power Lab., Pittsburgh
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(11-1)-GEN-14
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-006226
- OSTI ID:
- 4813178
- Report Number(s):
- WAPD-T-1387(Rev.1)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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