Comparison of Fission Product Yields and Their Impact

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/883657· OSTI ID:883657

Harrison, S

This memorandum describes the Naval Reactors Prime Contractor Team (NRPCT) Space Nuclear Power Program (SNPP) interest in determining the expected fission product yields from a Prometheus-type reactor and assessing the impact of these species on materials found in the fuel element and balance of plant. Theoretical yield calculations using ORIGEN-S and RACER computer models are included in graphical and tabular form in Attachment, with focus on the desired fast neutron spectrum data. The known fission product interaction concerns are the corrosive attack of iron- and nickel-based alloys by volatile fission products, such as cesium, tellurium, and iodine, and the radiological transmutation of krypton-85 in the coolant to rubidium-85, a potentially corrosive agent to the coolant system metal piping.

• Research Organization: Knolls Atomic Power Lab. (KAPL), Niskayuna, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC12-00SN39357
• OSTI ID: 883657
• Report Number(s): MDO-723-0040; TRN: US0603537
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
42 ENGINEERING
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
ALLOYS
CESIUM
COMPUTERS
CONTRACTORS
COOLANTS
FAST NEUTRONS
FISSION PRODUCTS
FUEL ELEMENTS
IODINE
IRON
KRYPTON 85
NUCLEAR POWER
RUBIDIUM 85
SHIP PROPULSION REACTORS
TELLURIUM
TRANSMUTATION
NRPCT