Evaluation of the breed/burn fast reactor concept

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6772419· OSTI ID:6772419

Atefi, B; Driscoll, M J; Lanning, D D

A core design concept and fuel management strategy, designated breed/burn, has been evaluated for heterogeneous fast breeder reactors. In this concept internal blanket assemblies after fissile material is bred in over several incore cycles, are shuffled into a moderated radial blanket and/or central island. The most promising materials combination identified used thorium in the internal blankets (due to the superior performance of epithermal Th-U233 systems) and zirconium hydride (ZrH/sub 16/) as the moderator (because of the compact assembly and core designs it permitted).

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AS02-76ET37241
• OSTI ID: 6772419
• Report Number(s): COO-2250-40; MITNE-229; TRN: 81-000917
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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