Feasibility Study of Using New Fuel Composition in IRT-T Research Reactor

Artem G. Naymushin; Yuri B. Chertkov; Vasily V. Kurganov; Ivan I. Lebedev; Svetlana A. Mongush; Natalya V. Daneikina

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1084.306

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Feasibility Study of Using New Fuel Composition in IRT-T Research Reactor

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The results of simulation of IRT-T reactor conversion from highly enriched fuel to new perspective low enriched fuel based on uranium-molybdenum alloy are given. Main characteristics of reacting core with the use of highly enriched and low enriched fuel are calculated. It is shown that impact of using new materials in fuel composition remains neutronic and thermal hydraulic characteristics of the core at an acceptable level.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1084)

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Artem G. Naymushin, Yuri B. Chertkov, Vasily V. Kurganov, Ivan I. Lebedev, Svetlana A. Mongush, Natalya V. Daneikina

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Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU), Low Enriched Uranium (LEU), Neutronic Calculations, Research Reactor IRT-T, Uranium-Molybdenum Alloy

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