Study on criticality and neutronic safety parameters of NuScale fuel assembly

L Wahid - Urania, 2021 - inis.iaea.org
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[en] NuScale, a typical Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Small Modular Reactors (SMRs),
offers a new opportunity for the future of nuclear industry. With 160 MW thermal power,
NuScale has several advantages such as flexibility due to its modularity in construction. This
work is focused on the study of criticality and neutronic safety parameters of NuScale fuel
assembly using MCNP6 code and ENDF/B-VII library. The calculation results shows that
criticality of fuel assembly type D is the highest among other assembly types because it has …
[en] NuScale, a typical Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), offers a new opportunity for the future of nuclear industry. With 160 MW thermal power, NuScale has several advantages such as flexibility due to its modularity in construction. This work is focused on the study of criticality and neutronic safety parameters of NuScale fuel assembly using MCNP6 code and ENDF/B-VII library. The calculation results shows that criticality of fuel assembly type D is the highest among other assembly types because it has a fuel pin with pure UO 2 without Gd 2 O 3 concentration. The Doppler temperature coefficient (DTC) of fuel assembly type C is the most negative among other assemblies due to Doppler broadening effect on resonance region of capture cross section of 238 U which is the highest concentration. The moderator temperature coefficient (MTC) of fuel assembly type D is the most negative among the other assembly types. The effective delayed neutron fraction (β eff) does not reflect a consistent trend among fuel assembly types. Fuel assembly type D shows the highest prompt neutron lifetime (ℓ) while the highest neutron generation time (Λ) is shown in assembly type C. It can be concluded that this study provides adequate results that can be used as a first step to carry out the neutronic computation and analysis of the NuScale full core.(author)
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