A Criticality and depletion analysis of the European Lead-Cooled Training Reactor (ELECTRA)

Ana Luiza Pereira Oliveira; Clarysson Alberto  Mello da Silva

doi:10.15392/2319-0612.2022.1940

A Criticality and depletion analysis of the European Lead-Cooled Training Reactor (ELECTRA)

Authors

Ana Luiza Pereira Oliveira Nuclear Engineering Department, UFMG
Clarysson Alberto Mello da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/2319-0612.2022.1940

Keywords:

ELECTRA, Fast Nuclear Reactor, Lead-Cooled Reactor, MCNPX

Abstract

In this article, a criticality and depletion analysis of the European Lead-Cooled Training Reactor (ELECTRA), a low-power, compact, fast lead-cooled reactor, was performed. The active core model and simulations were made by using the MCNPX code. First, the model is compared with the reference and the influence of the reflector radius on the system is analyzed. Secondly, it was simulated the fuel combustion after 30 years of continuous operation of the ELECTRA, managing to evaluate the transmutation of a reprocessed fuel in a compact lead-cooled reactor.

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2022-10-29

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Pereira Oliveira, A. L., & Mello da Silva, C. A. . (2022). A Criticality and depletion analysis of the European Lead-Cooled Training Reactor (ELECTRA). Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 10(3A (Suppl.). https://doi.org/10.15392/2319-0612.2022.1940

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Vol. 10 No. 3A (Suppl.) (2022): XXII ENFIR / VII ENIN

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INAC 2021_XXII ENFIR_VII_ENIN

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