Research Article
Preliminary Evaluation of a Nuclear Scenario Involving Innovative Gas Cooled Reactors
Table 5
PBMR parameters adopted for the model.
| Reactor design parameters |
| Thermal power | 433 | Pebble radius | 30 mm | Packing fraction | 0.61 |
| Core dimensions |
| Internal radius | 100 cm | External radius | 185 cm | Height | 1300 cm |
| Reflector dimension |
| Rex central reflector | 100 cm | Rin radial reflector | 185 cm | Rex radial reflector | 275 cm | Temperature | 1200 K | Density | 1.74 g/cm3 |
| Pebble parameters |
| Kernel (Rex) | 0.01 cm | Fuel density | 10.89 g/cm3 | Fuel temperature | 1200 K | Buffer (Rex) | 0.019 | Buffer density | 1.05 g/cm3 | Buffer temperature | 1200 K | Inner PyC (Rex) | 0.023 | PyC density | 1.90 g/cm3 | PyC temperature | 1200 K | SiC layer (Rex) | 0.0265 | SiC density | 3.18 g/cm3 | SiC temperature | 1200 K | Outer PyC (Rex) | 0.0305 | PyC density | 1.90 g/cm3 | PyC temperature | 1200 K |
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