Research Article
Multiphysics Modeling and Validation of Spent Fuel Isotopics Using Coupled Neutronics/Thermal-Hydraulics Simulations
Table 2
Calculated/experimental (C/E) ratios for selected fuel isotopics in 2F2D1/F6.
| Isotope | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Sample 3 |
| U-234 | 0.978 | 1.069 | 1.066 | U-235 | 1.024 | 0.965 | 0.904 | U-236 | 1.099 | 1.060 | 1.115 | U-238 | 1.001 | 1.003 | 1.005 | Pu-238 | 0.655 | 0.436 | 0.359 | Pu-239 | 0.848 | 0.608 | 0.615 | Pu-240 | 0.872 | 0.747 | 0.893 | Pu-241 | 0.753 | 0.497 | 0.480 | Pu-242 | 0.889 | 0.593 | 0.584 | Nd-148 | 0.907 | 1.028 | 1.028 |
| | 12.2 | 23.1 | 23.8 |
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Last row includes the average relative difference in percent for each sample.
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