It is important to reduce the amount of trans-uranium (TRU) produced from existing nuclear power plants realize sustainable energy since some TRU nuclides remain for a long time and have high radioactivity radiotoxicity. One promising solutions transmute those with lesser radiotoxicity in reactors. In current scheme, are transmuted fast reactors and/or accelerator-driven-systems, however, this ...

The neutron eccmomy of a fast reactor is not so significantly affected by neutron capture in the structural materials in the core as is that of a thermal reactor. First, most neutron-capture cross sections increase with de­ creasing neutron energy, and the neutron population of the liquid-metal fast breeder reactor (Lhl FI~R) contains a far lower percentage of thermal neutrons than does that (I...

In the first part of two section paper, a mathematical model of the fluidized bed reactor in the presence of in-situ water adsorbent for methanol synthesis is assessed. The bubbling two-phase regime is applied to model the fluidization concept. The binary adsorbent and catalyst particles system can be separated from each other based on their density difference. The heavy catalyst particles tend...

This study was undertaken to demonstrate capabilities of the pin-by-pin model used by the BARS code and to understand various effects of intra-assembly pin-by-pin representation of fuel power, bumup and temperature in calculational analysis of light water reactor rod ejection accidents (LWR REAs). Effects of pin-by-pin fuel power and bumup representation were investigated on the basis of calcul...

Materials issues are a key concern for the existing nuclear reactor fleet in the United States as material degradation can lead to increased maintenance, increased downtime, and increased risk. Extending reactor life to 60 years and beyond will likely increase susceptibility and severity of both known and new forms of degradation. A multitude of concrete-based structures are typically part of a...