Research Article
On Some Fundamental Peculiarities of the Traveling Wave Reactor
Table 1
Results of the numerical experiments of the wave mode parameters based on U-Pu and Th-U cycles.
| | | [cm] | [cm/day] | [cm−2 s−1] | [cm−2] | [barn] | | Fuel burn-up | Solution |
| | U-Pu cycle | |
Sekimoto and Udagawa [12] | 90 | 0.008 | 3.25 1015 | 3.2 1023 | 1000 | 3.2 | 43% | No | |
Rusov et al. [5] | 200 | 2.77 | 1018 | 6.2 1024 | 1000 | 62 | 60% | No | | Pavlovich et al. [16] | — | 0.003 | — | 1.7 1024 | 1000 | 17 | 30% | No | | Fomin et al. [49] | 100 | 0.07 | 2 1016 | 2.5 1024 | 1000 | 25 | 30% | No | | Fomin et al. [50] | 125 | 1.7 | 5 1017 | 3.2 1024 | 1000 | 32 | 40% | No | | Chen et al. [18] | 216 | 0.046 | 3 1015 | 1.2 1024 | 1000 | 12 | 30% | No | |
Weaver et al. [23] | — | — | — | — | — | 1.75 | 20% | No |
| | Th-U cycle | | Teller et al. [4] | 70 | 0.14 | 2 1015 | 8.6 1022 | 1000 | 0.96 | 50% | Yes | | Seifritz [6] | 100 | 0.096 | 1015 | 9.0 1022 | 1000 | 0.90 | 30% | Yes | | Melnik et al. [51] | 100 | 0.0055 | 0.5 1016 | 7.9 1024 | 1000 | 80 | 50% | No |
| | U-Pu (+ moderator) | | Example | 100 | 0.234 | 2.5 1015 | 9.2 1023 | 100 | 0.92 | 20% | Yes | | Ideal TWR | — | — | — | 1024 | 100 | 1.0 | ⩾20% | Yes |
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