Neutronic analysis of a fuel element with variations in fuel enrichment and burnable poison

R de Faria; Felipe Martins; Carlos Velasquez; Angela Fortini; Claubia Pereira

doi:10.15392/bjrs.v7i2B.769

Authors

R de Faria Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Felipe Martins Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Carlos Velasquez UNiversidade Federal de MInas Gerias
Angela Fortini Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Claubia Pereira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v7i2B.769

Keywords:

neutronic analysis, fuel element, burnable poison

Abstract

The goal was to evaluate the neutronic behavior during the fuel burnup changing the amount of burnable poison and fuel enrichment. For these analyses, it was used a 17 x 17 PWR fuel element, simulated using the 238 groups library cross-section collapsed from ENDF/BVII.0 and TRITON module of SCALE 6.0 code system. The results confirmed the effective action of the burnable poison in the criticality control, especially at Beginning Of Cycle (BOC) and in the burnup kinetics, because at the end of the fuel cycle there was a minimal residual amount of neutron absorbers (¹⁵⁵Gd and ¹⁵⁷Gd), as expected. At the end of the cycle, the fuel element was still critical in all simulated situations, indicating the possibility of extending the fuel burn.

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