MOX燃料组件装入现役M310堆芯对堆芯核设计的影响研究

Study on Effect of MOX Fuel Assembly Loaded in Current M310 Reactor Core on Nuclear Design

国际上的MOX燃料技术目前已较为成熟,且已有在压水堆中运行的工程经验。本文对MOX燃料组件的中子学性能进行了分析,对其在我国现役M310堆芯应用的可行性进行了研究,得到了M310堆芯由全部使用UO2燃料组件向使用30%的MOX燃料组件过渡的堆芯燃料管理方案,并对使用MOX燃料组件的堆芯的部分中子学参数进行了初步分析。结果表明:使用30%的MOX燃料组件的堆芯可达到与全UO2堆芯相当的循环长度;堆芯反应性控制能力可满足要求;慢化剂温度系数、Doppler温度系数、Doppler功率系数、氙和钐的动态特性均趋向使堆芯运行更加安全和稳定。本文的研究结果可为MOX燃料在M310堆芯中应用的进一步研究提供参考。

The MOX fuel technology has been developed and applied in PWR all over the world .In this paper ,the neutronic performance of the MOX fuel assembly was studied , and fuel management scheme of M310 reactor core from all UO2 fuel assemblies to 30%MOX fuel assemblies was given .The results show that the core loaded 30% MOX fuel assemblies can reach the same lifetime as the all UO2 core ,the ability of the control system can meet the requirement of reactivity control ,and the Doppler temperature and power coefficients ,moderator temperature coefficient and the evolutions of Xe and Sm all benefit for the core operation to be more stable .The results of this study prove that the MOX fuel assembly can be used in the M310 reactor core .