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Comparative neutronic study for heterogeneous and homogeneous fuel assembly in a lead-cooled fast reactor

Year: 2021

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: ALFRED (Advanced Lead-cooled Fast Reactor European Demonstrator) is a (300 MW th ) pool-type reactor with closed hexagonal Fuel Assemblies (FAs) which are divided into two radial zones (inner and outer core zones). In this work two three dimensional models (3D-heterogenous and 3D-homogeneous) for inner assembly (IA) and outer assembly (OA) have been designed using MCNPX transport code to simulate the neutronic behavior and to study the fuel performance and the effect of homogenization inside the fuel assemblies. The results of the present work for power distribution and fuel burn-up show good agreement between 3D-homogeneous and 3D-heterogeneous models.

Source: IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering

DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1171/1/012009

Authors: Mohammed Ibrahim, Amr Ibrahim, Moustafa Aziz, H A Saudi, M Y Hassaan

Institutions: Nile University, Obour Institutes, Al-Azhar University

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

Subfield: Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Field: Energy

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3193663906

FWCI: 1.165

Cites: 8

Cited by: 2

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