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The EQL0D fuel cycle procedure and its application to the transition to equilibrium of selected molten salt reactor designs

Boris Aviv Hombourger, Andreas Pautz, Jiri Krepel

In recent years, Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs), one of the Generation IV concepts, have noticeably gained in interest. Several molten salt reactor types use fuel in liquid form, bringing various advantages, notably in terms of fuel cycle. However, simulating ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Statistical Burnup Distribution of Moving Pebbles in the High-Temperature Reactor HTR-PM

Andreas Pautz, Jiri Krepel, Fanny Vitullo, Horst-Michael Prasser

In the pebble-bed high-temperature reactor under construction in China, called the HTR-PM, the spherical fuel elements continuously flow downward in the cylindrical core. The burnup of each pebble is checked at the core outlet and, according to the achieve ...

ASME2020

Breed-and-burn fuel cycle in molten salt reactors

Andreas Pautz, Boris Aviv Hombourger, Jiri Krepel

The operation of a reactor on an open but self-sustainable cycle without actinide separation is known as breed-and-burn. It has mostly been envisioned for use in solid-fueled fast-spectrum reactors such as sodium-cooled fast reactors. In this paper the app ...

EDP Sciences2019

Statistical Burnup Distribution Of Moving Pebbles In Htr-Pm Reactor

Andreas Pautz, Jiri Krepel, Fanny Vitullo, Horst-Michael Prasser

In the pebble-bed high temperature reactor under construction in China, called HTR-PM, the spherical fuel elements continuously flow downward in the cylindrical core. After the discharge, the burnup of each pebble is checked at the core outlet and, accordi ...

AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS2018

Coupled 3-D Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Optimization Study For Improving The Response Of A 3600 Mw(Thermal) Sfr Core To An Unprotected Loss-Of-Flow Accident

Rakesh Chawla, Aurélia Chenu, Konstantin Mikityuk, Jiri Krepel, Kaichao Sun

The sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), as a fast neutron spectrum system, is characterized by several performance advantages. In particular, the long-term operation of an SFR core in a closed fuel cycle will lead to an equilibrium state, where both reactivi ...

Amer Nuclear Soc2013

Void reactivity decomposition for the Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor in equilibrium fuel cycle

Rakesh Chawla, Konstantin Mikityuk, Jiri Krepel, Kaichao Sun

The Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) is one of the most promising Generation IV systems with many advantages, but has one dominating neutronic drawback - a positive sodium void reactivity. The aim of this study is to develop and apply a methodology, which ...

Elsevier2011

FAST code system: Review of recent developments and near-future plans

Rakesh Chawla, Aurélia Chenu, Konstantin Mikityuk, Jiri Krepel, Petr Petkevich

The FAST code system is currently being developed and used at the Paul Scherrer Institut for static and transient analysis of the main Generation 4 fast-spectrum reactor concepts: sodium-, helium-, and gas-cooled fast reactors. The code system includes the ...

American Society of Mechanical Engineers2010