Parametric study of thorium fuel cycles in a 100MWth pebble bed high temperature reactor / F. Panday
The current project was conducted in order to select an optimized open Thorium/Uranium fuel cycle for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) concept in motivation for the 100MWth PBMR Power Plant. A sensitivity study on the heavy metal loading of the fuel sphere was performed to accomplish this task....
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North-West University
2012
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| Summary: | The current project was conducted in order to select an optimized open
Thorium/Uranium fuel cycle for the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR)
concept in motivation for the 100MWth PBMR Power Plant. A sensitivity study
on the heavy metal loading of the fuel sphere was performed to accomplish
this task. The effect on various parameters was evaluated to determine the
influence of varying the Heavy Metal (HM) from 6 gHM/sphere to 20
gHM/sphere and at different feed fuel enrichments from 6 to 18 wt%.
The findings also gave insight into the fuel cycle performance and the
Uranium ore savings that is envisaged. The 20 gHM/sphere HM loading
performed the best amongst the other HM fuel loadings. It also showed the
least Uranium ore requirement namely; 15 % less than that required by the
Uranium cycle. Recommendations for further research based on the results
obtained in the study, are made in the closing chapters. === Thesis (M.Sc. (Nuclear Engineering))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011. |
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