Research Article

Time-Dependent Neutronic Analysis of a Power-Flattened Gas Cooled Accelerator Driven System Fuelled with Thorium, Uranium, Plutonium, and Curium Dioxides TRISO Particles

Table 1

Isotopic percentages and densities of the materials used in the investigated ADS.

MaterialDensity [g/]NuclidePercentage

LBE11.344Pb44.5
9.8Bi55.5

He0.1786He100

ThO29.88232Th100

UO210.54235U7.5, 15, 22.5
238U92.5, 85, 77.5

PuO211.50238Pu3.53535
239Pu45.0154
240Pu26.3505
241Pu15.9640
242Pu9.13483

CmO210.55242Cm3.91520
243Cm0.04721
244Cm85.5422
245Cm9.54125
246Cm0.95413

Graphite2.1012C100

B4C2.5210B18.431
11B81.569

Discharged PWR-MOX fuel with plutonium recycle, 1000 MWe reactor, 80% capacity factor, 33 MWd/kg, 2.5% thermal efficiency, and 150 days after discharge [28, p. 370, Table 8.5].