Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations

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 2

Characteristics of a TRISO particle [29].
Layer Size [m]MaterialDensity [g/]
Fuel kernel250 (radius)UO210.55
PyC buffer95 (thickness)C/C1.05
Inner PyC40 (thickness)C/C1.90
SiC layer35 (thickness)SiC3.18
Outer PyC40 (thickness)C/C1.90