Research Article

A Simple Formula for Local Burnup and Isotope Distributions Based on Approximately Constant Relative Reaction Rate

Table 4

The comparison of the relative reaction rates for a single fuel rod and four selected fuel rods in an assembly at .


Single
1/4 1.00 0.0026 2.43 0.23 0.0186
5/8 1.02 0.0025 2.43 0.23 0.0192
13/16 1.05 0.0024 2.43 0.23 0.0206
29/32 1.07 0.0024 2.42 0.23 0.0235
61/64 1.08 0.0023 2.42 0.23 0.0289
125/128 1.09 0.0023 2.42 0.23 0.0376
127/128 1.09 0.0023 2.42 0.23 0.0561

Rod 1
1/4 1.00 0.0025 2.44 0.23 0.0178
5/8 1.02 0.0024 2.43 0.23 0.0185
13/16 1.05 0.0023 2.42 0.23 0.0197
29/32 1.07 0.0023 2.42 0.23 0.0222
61/64 1.08 0.0022 2.42 0.23 0.0269
125/128 1.09 0.0022 2.42 0.23 0.0352
127/128 1.10 0.0022 2.42 0.23 0.0521

Rod 2
1/4 1.00 0.0025 2.42 0.23 0.0179 0.99
5/8 1.02 0.0024 2.42 0.23 0.0184 0.99
13/16 1.05 0.0023 2.41 0.23 0.0197 1.00
29/32 1.07 0.0023 2.40 0.23 0.0225 1.00
61/64 1.09 0.0022 2.40 0.23 0.0277 1.00
125/128 1.09 0.0022 2.40 0.23 0.0355 1.00
127/128 1.10 0.0022 2.40 0.23 0.0538 1.00

Rod 3
1/4 1.00 0.0023 2.43 0.23 0.0173 1.05
5/8 1.02 0.0023 2.43 0.23 0.0178 1.05
13/16 1.05 0.0022 2.42 0.22 0.0191 1.06
29/32 1.07 0.0021 2.41 0.22 0.0220 1.06
61/64 1.09 0.0021 2.41 0.22 0.0271 1.06
125/128 1.09 0.0021 2.41 0.22 0.0358 1.06
127/128 1.10 0.0021 2.41 0.22 0.0533 1.06

Rod 4
1/4 1.00 0.0023 2.42 0.22 0.0170 1.08
5/8 1.03 0.0022 2.42 0.22 0.0175 1.09
13/16 1.05 0.0021 2.41 0.22 0.0190 1.09
29/32 1.07 0.0021 2.40 0.22 0.0216 1.09
61/64 1.08 0.0020 2.40 0.22 0.0268 1.09
125/128 1.09 0.0020 2.40 0.22 0.0349 1.09
127/128 1.10 0.0020 2.39 0.22 0.0526 1.09