Feasibility Study of 1/3 Thorium-Plutonium Mixed Oxide Core

Table 1

Boron worth, shutdown margin, and max rod worth.

Parameter	Limit	Standard core	1/3 Th-MOX core
Min boron worth (pcm/ppm)	≥ −15	−7.96	−9.94
Max boron worth (pcm/ppm)	≤ −5	−5.99	−6.65
Min SDM (pcm)	2000	2453	3243
Max rod worth (pcm)	—	6433	7243