Research Article

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

Table 5

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


single
1/4 1.00 0.0025 2.23 0.23 0.0183
5/8 1.02 0.0025 2.24 0.23 0.0190
13/16 1.04 0.0024 2.25 0.23 0.0205
29/32 1.06 0.0023 2.26 0.23 0.0233
61/64 1.07 0.0023 2.26 0.23 0.0287
125/128 1.08 0.0023 2.27 0.23 0.0374
127/128 1.08 0.0023 2.27 0.23 0.0559

rod 1
1/4 1.00 0.0024 2.23 0.23 0.0175
5/8 1.02 0.0024 2.24 0.23 0.0182
13/16 1.04 0.0023 2.25 0.23 0.0197
29/32 1.06 0.0022 2.26 0.23 0.0222
61/64 1.07 0.0022 2.26 0.23 0.0272
125/128 1.07 0.0022 2.27 0.23 0.0354
127/128 1.08 0.0022 2.28 0.23 0.0523

single
1/4 1.00 0.0022 2.18 0.23 0.0168
5/8 1.02 0.0022 2.19 0.23 0.0174
13/16 1.04 0.0021 2.20 0.22 0.0188
29/32 1.05 0.0021 2.21 0.22 0.0214
61/64 1.06 0.0021 2.22 0.22 0.0265
125/128 1.06 0.0020 2.22 0.23 0.0346
127/128 1.07 0.0020 2.23 0.23 0.0510

rod 1
1/4 1.00 0.0021 2.18 0.22 0.0161
5/8 1.02 0.0021 2.19 0.22 0.0166
13/16 1.04 0.0020 2.20 0.22 0.0178
29/32 1.05 0.0020 2.20 0.22 0.0203
61/64 1.06 0.0020 2.22 0.22 0.0251
125/128 1.06 0.0020 2.21 0.22 0.0327
127/128 1.07 0.0019 2.22 0.22 0.0486