Research Article
Neutronic Analysis on Potential Accident Tolerant Fuel-Cladding Combination U3Si2-FeCrAl
Table 3
Cycle reactivity difference
between the U
3Si
2-FeCrAl and reference system.
| | 235U enrichment (%) | | Cladding thickness (μm) | | | 571.5 | 540 | 500 | 450 | 400 | 350 |
| | 4.5 | — | — | — | — | — | −0.00484 | | 4.6 | — | — | — | −0.01465 | −0.00669 | 0.00078 | | 4.7 | −0.03060 | −0.02456 | −0.01778 | −0.00935 | −0.00213 | 0.00522 | | 4.8 | −0.02499 | −0.01933 | −0.01304 | −0.00386 | 0.00377 | 0.01097 | | 4.9 | −0.02007 | −0.01490 | −0.00806 | 0.00019 | 0.00827 | 0.01565 | | 5.0 | −0.01460 | −0.00929 | −0.00238 | 0.00528 | 0.01242 | 0.02018 | | 5.1 | −0.00968 | −0.00456 | 0.00156 | 0.00999 | 0.01748 | — | | 5.2 | −0.00452 | 0.00001 | 0.00712 | 0.01538 | — | — |
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