Analysis of measured isotopic compositions of high-burnup PWR MOX and UO2 fuels in the MALIBU program

作者：Yamamoto Toru^*; Suzuki Motomu; Ando Yoshihira; Nagano Hiroaki

来源：Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 2012, 49(9): 910-925.

DOI：10.1080/00223131.2012.712482

• PWR
• high-burnup
• MOX fuel
• UO2 fuel
• isotopic composition
• MALIBU
• burnup calculation
• SRAC
• MVP-BURN
• nuclear data library

The measured isotopic compositions of fuel samples taken from high-burnup spent PWR MOX and UO2 assemblies in the MALIBU program has been analyzed by lattice physics codes. The measured isotopes were U, Np, Pu, Am, and Cm isotopes and about 30 major fission product nuclides. The codes used in the present study were a continuous-energy Monte Carlo burnup calculation code (MVP-BURN) and a deterministic burnup calculation code (SRAC) based on the collision probability method. A two-dimensional multi-assembly geometrical model (2 x 2 model) was mainly adopted in the analysis in order to include the fuel assemblies adjoining the relevant fuel assembly, from which the samples were taken. For the MOX sample, the 2 x 2 model significantly reduces the deviations of the calculated results from the measurements compared with a single assembly model. The calculation results of MVP-BURN in the 2 x 2 model reproduce the measurements of U, Np, and Pu isotopes within 5% for the MOX sample of 67 GWd/t. The deviations of their calculated results of U, Np, and Pu isotopes from the measurements are less than 7% for the UO2 sample of 72 GWd/t.

• 出版日期2012-9