A MATLAB-Linked Solver to Find Fuel Depletion in a PWR, a Suggested VVER-1000 Type

Table 3

Effective properties of nuclide for thermal neutron in 1000 MWe PWR (3000 MW thermal power).

Nuclide	Subscript	𝜎𝑎(barn)	𝜂	𝛼
^235U	25	556	1.96	0.2398
^238U	28	2.2342	2.3432	0.1907
^239Pu	49	1618.2	1.86	0.5430
^240Pu	40	2616.8
^241Pu	41	1567.3	2.223	0.3765
𝜖 is fast fission factor=1.0476.
𝑝 is resonance scape probability=0.7725.
𝑃1 is fast to ^238U resonance probability=0.9889.
𝜂 is neutrons produced per neutrons absorbed.
𝛼 is ratio of capture to fission cross section.