MIT LMFBR blanket research project. Quarterly progress report, April 1-June 30, 1979

Technical Report · Wed Jul 25 00:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5911605· OSTI ID:5911605

Driscoll, M J

In designing a plutonium-uranium core with thorium internal blankets there are several parameters that must be investigated to identify the design with the best performance. Choices include: the amount of moderation in the blanket, whether moderation is incorporated from the outset or added after an assembly is shuffled to the external blanket, and the cycle length both for the core and internal blanket assemblies. To investigate the effect of these parameters several core and blanket burnup analyses were performed.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-2250
• OSTI ID: 5911605
• Report Number(s): COO-2250-38
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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