Lead coolant for fast reactor-burner with hard neutron spectrum - 073
Khorasanov, G.L.; Ivanov, A.P.; Korobeinikov, V.V.
American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)2000
American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)2000
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[en] The purpose of paper is the search of a technique for hardening the fast reactor neutron spectrum and by this way, increasing the burning of Np-237, Am-243, and other minor actinides (MA) fissionable preferentially under hard neutron spectrum. The main concern is for using lead isotope, Pb-208, as a reactor coolant instead of natural lead, Pb-nat, which is the mixture of isotopes. Pb-208 has the high inelastic scattering threshold of 2.61 MeV. So, it slowly moderates the fission spectrum. The contribution of liquid metal coolants: sodium, Pb-nat, and Pb-208, minor actinides: Np-237, Am- 241, and Am-243, elements of structural materials: Fe, Cr, Ni, etc, to the fast-reactor neutron spectrum for a blanket is analyzed. For this calculation using Monte-Carlo Code 'MMKFK' is conducted. As a result, it is shown that the incineration of MA in the blanket is increased from 18 to 26 percent when one uses Pb-208 as a coolant instead of the usual natural lead. (author)
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May 2000; 5 p; American Nuclear Society - ANS; La Grange Park, IL (United States); Physor 2000: ANS International Topical Meeting on Advances in Reactor Physics and Mathematics and Computation into the Next Millennium; Pittsburgh, PA (United States); 7-12 May 2000; Country of input: France; 2 refs.; available from American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (US)
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ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, AMERICIUM ISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CALCULATION METHODS, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, ELEMENTS, EPITHERMAL REACTORS, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, FLUIDS, HEAVY NUCLEI, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LEAD ISOTOPES, LIQUIDS, METALS, NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTORS, SCATTERING, SPECTRA, SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES, STABLE ISOTOPES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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