Abstract
The improved contribution function (ICF) method based on generalized perturbation theory (GPT) is applied to the compression of CINDER90 depletion library. A series of representative problems for PWR are defined with different fuel materials and operation conditions. According to the characteristics that the reactivity indicator is only meaningful in the neutron radiation calculation while the decay heat indicator is affected by both radiation and decay stage, the ICF method is adopted in the selection of candidate nuclides, then actinides and fission product nuclides of compressed system are obtained. In addition, the absorber nuclides of the compressed system are identified by analyzing the depletion process of the poison with a large absorption cross section separately. Finally, a compressed depletion library consisting of 489 nuclides is generated. The numerical results show that the compressed library maintains high precision in the calculation of k‐inf, nuclide concentration, decay heat power, and pin power. Meanwhile, the use of compressed depletion library leads to a significant reduction of computing resources.
Funder
Key Research Program of Frontier Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
China National Nuclear Corporation
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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