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 3

Enrichment percentages of UO2 TRISO particles (Case 1(a)) and embedding percentages of 15% enriched UO2, 22.5% enriched UO2, PuO2, and CmO2 TRISO particles in Cases 1(b), 1(c), 2, and 3 in the fuel pebbles in the fuel subzones at the beginning of cycle [ MW].

CaseNumber of the subzones
123456789101–10

1(a)8.529.329.8210.2510.7511.2511.259.926.473.207.5
1(b)70.0078.5083.0086.5089.0093.0094.5093.0063.5028.0071.00
1(c)47.0056.0060.5063.5066.5068.5069.5066.0043.0018.2546.00
220.3026.0027.9028.8529.7631.4033.6535.5526.806.7626.50
37.907.807.807.908.108.318.317.426.014.046.45

Constant enrichment percentage or constant embedding percentages in all subzones.