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Use of erbium as burnable poison for VVER reactors

Published:2013-08-28 Issue:4 Volume:78 Page:272-279
ISSN:2195-8580
Container-title:Kerntechnik
language:en
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Author:

Pavlovichev A.¹,Kosourov E.²,Shcherenko A.³,Saprykin V.⁴,Lazarenko A.⁵,Aleshin S.⁶,Shcherenko A.⁷

Affiliation:

1. Dr. Alexander Pavlovichev , National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 1, Kurchatov sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia

2. Evgeny Kosourov , National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 1, Kurchatov sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia

3. Anastasia Shcherenko , E-mail: , National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 1, Kurchatov sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia

4. Dr. Vasily Saprykin , National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 1, Kurchatov sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia

5. Alexander Lazarenko , National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 1, Kurchatov sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia

6. Sergey Aleshin , National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 1, Kurchatov sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia

7. Anna Shcherenko , National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 1, Kurchatov sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia

Abstract

Abstract Problems related to use of Erbium as burnable poison for VVER are discussed. Comparison is made between neutronics characteristics of Uranium-Gadolinium and Uranium-Erbium fuel cycles. The study shows that use of Erbium as burnable poison allows decreasing the peaking factor in the core. Meanwhile residual Erbium at the end of the fuel cycle makes it necessary to increase fuel enrichment. There is made the conclusion of prospects of using Erbium as burnable poison for VVER.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality,General Materials Science,Nuclear Energy and Engineering,Nuclear and High Energy Physics,Radiation

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.3139/124.110371/pdf

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