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

Table 2

The reactivity feedback MTC, MDC, and ITC.

Parameter	Limit	Standard core	1/3 Th-MOX core
Max MTC (BOC HZP ARO) (pcm/°C)	—	–1.37	1.8
Max MDC (EOC HFP ARI) (Δ𝑘/𝑘/g/cm^3)	≤0.50	0.42	0.40
Max ITC (pcm/°C)	<0.0	–4.60	–1.68