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

Table 3

The reactivity feedback DTC and DPC.

Parameter	Limit	Standard core	1/3 Th-MOX core
Min DTC (pcm/°C)	≥ −4.00	−3.73	−4.124 (violation)
Max DTC (pcm/°C)	≤ −1.70	−2.11	−2.253
Min DPC (100% power) (pcm/%)	≥ −21.00	−15.91	−17.05
Max DPC (100% power) (pcm/%)	≤ −6.50	−10.17	−10.93
Min DPC (0% power) (pcm/%)	−30.00	−28.21	−31.25 (violation)
Max DPC (0% power) (pcm/%)	−10.00	−15.80	−15.71