Improved perturbation method for gadolinia worth calculation
Conference
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· Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6463727
Gadolinia is utilized in light water power reactors as burnable poison for reserving excess reactivity. Good gadolinia worth estimation is useful for evaluating fuel bundle designs, core operating strategies, and fuel cycle economics. The authors have developed an improved perturbation method based on exact perturbation theory for gadolinia worth calculations in fuel bundles. The method predicts much more accurate gadolinia worth than the first-order perturbation method (commonly used to estimate nuclide worths) for bundles containing fresh or partly burned gadolinia.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., San Jose, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 6463727
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-860610-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 52
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210100* -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Boiling Water Cooled
210200 -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Nonboiling Water Cooled
ACCURACY
BURNABLE POISONS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CHALCOGENIDES
CROSS SECTIONS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL MANAGEMENT
GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS
GADOLINIUM OXIDES
MATERIALS
NEUTRON ABSORBERS
NEUTRON FLUX
NUCLEAR POISONS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHYSICS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIATION FLUX
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
REACTIVITY WORTHS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR CORES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTOR PHYSICS
REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
210100* -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Boiling Water Cooled
210200 -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Nonboiling Water Cooled
ACCURACY
BURNABLE POISONS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CHALCOGENIDES
CROSS SECTIONS
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL MANAGEMENT
GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS
GADOLINIUM OXIDES
MATERIALS
NEUTRON ABSORBERS
NEUTRON FLUX
NUCLEAR POISONS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHYSICS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
RADIATION FLUX
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
REACTIVITY WORTHS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR CORES
REACTOR MATERIALS
REACTOR PHYSICS
REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS