کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1730470 1521222 2006 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Source efficiency as function of fuel and coolant in accelerator-driven systems
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی مهندسی انرژی و فناوری های برق
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Source efficiency as function of fuel and coolant in accelerator-driven systems
چکیده انگلیسی
We have studied the efficiency of spallation neutron sources for different combinations of coolant and fuel in 80 MWth, sub-critical, cores. It has been found that the proton source efficiency, ψ∗, is reduced by 10% when switching coolant from helium to lead-bismuth eutectic. Substituting MOX fuel with an americium based fuel, results in another 10% reduction of ψ∗. The relatively high source efficiencies found for prototype accelerator-driven systems, using standard MOX fuel and helium coolant, may thus be difficult to achieve in future systems dedicated to the transmutation of higher actinides. Our results are in agreement with previous investigations of the dependence of the source efficiency on the selection of coolant.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Annals of Nuclear Energy - Volume 33, Issue 9, June 2006, Pages 829-836
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