Research Article

Chemical Forms of Important Fission Products in Primary Circuit of HTR-PM under Conditions of Normal Operation and Overpressure and Water Ingress Accidents: A Study with a Chemical Thermodynamics Approach

Table 2

Parameters of fuel particles.

ParameterNormal data

Diameter of fuel particle500 μm

Thickness of buffer layer95 μm

Thickness of OPyC40 μm

Thickness of iPyC40 μm

Thickness of SiC layer35μm

Failure fraction of TRISO at objective burn-up2.00E-04

Natural uranium contamination of fuel elements7.00E-07