Antineutrino Flux from the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant

Table 3

Parameters of the BWR core used in the simulation with DRAGON code [20].

Thermal power (of each reactor)	2027 MWth
Specific power (of each reactor)	20.43 MW/ton
Moderator	Demineralized water
Temperature	600 K
Density	0.720 g/cm^3
Coolant	Demineralized water
Temperature	400 K
Density	0.720 g/cm^3
Fuel assemblies	444
Red assemblies	68
Blue assemblies	96
Yellow assemblies	280
Single unit cell ()	1.295 cm × 1.295 cm
Fuel bars per assembly	92
Composition	UO2/UO2-Gd2O3
Cladding	Zircaloy 2
Zircaloy density	5.821 g/cm^3
Zircaloy temperature	600 K
Fuel temperature	900 K
Fuel density	10.079 g/cm^3
Fuel bar radius ()	0.438 cm
Zircaloy cladding radius ()	0.513 cm
Fuel bar height	400 cm
Coolant pipes per assembly	2
Composition	Zircaloy 2
Pipe radius (occupied by water)	1.0 cm
Pipe radius (occupied by Zircaloy)	1.2 cm