Investigation of the Performance of CANDU Reactor Using Different Uranium (Uo2, Uc, U3si2) Fuels

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dc.contributor.authorAcir, Adem
dc.contributor.authorAlkan, Mahmut
dc.contributor.authorBaysal, Esref
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T13:25:26Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T13:25:26Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.departmentNiğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractCanadian Deuterium-Uranium Reactor (CANDU) and Light Water Reactor (LWR) have significant share on supplying world energy. LWRs use low enriched uranium fuel with similar to 3.5 U-235 whereas CANDU utilizes natural uranium fuel with similar to 0.71 % U-235. In this work, neutronic performance of CANDU reactor, temporal change of fissile fuel breeding and fission power production were investigated in the CANDU reactors with different uranium (UO2, UC, U3Si2) fuels. Calculations were done with the aid of one dimensional computer code of SCALE 4.4a. According to calculational results, by taking k(infinity) = 1.06 as reference limit, burnup grades were found as 7700, 8900 and 7400 MW. D/MT and operation periods were obtained as 170, 260, 190 days for these fuels, respectively. According to these results, UC fuel showed better nuclear performance than natural UO2 and U3Si2 fuel with respect to criticality and burn up grade.
dc.identifier.endpage152
dc.identifier.issn1302-0900
dc.identifier.issn2147-9429
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage147
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/14716
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000447756900004
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherGazi Univ
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Polytechnic-Politeknik Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241106
dc.subjectCANDU reactors
dc.subjectUranium fuels
dc.subjectFission
dc.subjectCriticality
dc.subjectBurn up
dc.titleInvestigation of the Performance of CANDU Reactor Using Different Uranium (Uo2, Uc, U3si2) Fuels
dc.typeArticle

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