Neutronics and core design studies on fast breeder reactor.

Study on Neutronics Design of an Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor

Thorium fueled Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors have been proposed as a more comprehensive alternative to conventional nuclear reactors for both energy production and for burning radioactive waste. Several new classes have been added by the authors to the GEANT4 simulation code, an extension which allows the state-of-the-art code to be used for the first time for nuclear reactor critical...

Neutronics Modeling and Simulation of Sharp for Fast Reactor Analysis

Reactor design is an iterative process among various disciplines such as reactor physics, thermal fluid dynamics, mechanics, reactor and plant dynamics, fuel behavior, and instrumentation and control, and requires a wide range of modeling and simulation tools that can accurately predict key system performance and safety characteristics. Most code systems for fast reactor design were initiated m...

Compromising Safety: Design Choices and Severe Accident Possibilities in India's Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor

Core Loading Design for Bushehr Pressurized Water Reactor

The modified out-in fuel management strategy was applied to the core loading design for the first four cycles of the Bushehr (Iran-1) KWU designed Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). The minimum peak-to-average power density was chosen as the objective function of the optimization process. Lattice homogenization and group constants generation were performed by using the LEOPARD computer code. For ...

India and Fast Breeder Reactors

India has long pursued a fast breeder program, motivated in part by the availability of only poor quality uranium resources within the country. But progress so far has been disappointing, with only one test reactor having been constructed and having a chequered operating history. The larger Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor that is being constructed has a design that compromises safety and will pr...