Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1729907 Annals of Nuclear Energy 2008 20 Pages PDF
Abstract

This paper investigates the dynamics of a postulated criticality in a powder used as part of fuel processing. Numerical simulations are performed in 2D and 3D geometries in which layers of MOX, UO2 and zinc stearate (acting as a moderating lubricant) powders become supercritical. The system simulated here were initialised with a step reactivity insertion of 1$, 2$ and 5$. The coupled radiation and multiphase–multicomponent simulations showed complex dynamics with an increase of powder temperature and mixing of the moderator into the MOX.

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