The purpose of the paper is to study the performance of the CANDU(Canada Deuterium Uranium)reactor when the reactor core is loaded with thorium fuel mixed with plutonium isotopes with ratio 3 and 5%.A three dimensiona...The purpose of the paper is to study the performance of the CANDU(Canada Deuterium Uranium)reactor when the reactor core is loaded with thorium fuel mixed with plutonium isotopes with ratio 3 and 5%.A three dimensional model is designed for the core of CANDU reactor.The computer code MCNPX(Monte Carlo N–Particle Transport)is used to calculate the processes in its core.The results are compared with natural UO2 case which is the typical fuel of the reactor.The results show that the multiplication factor of the reactor is higher even in the case of thorium fuel mixed with 3%plutonium isotopes,which indicates longer neutron life cycle length and more economic utilization of the reactor.展开更多
New results of two computer experiments on modeling of superthermal neutron-nuclear combustion of natural uranium for two different flux densities of external neutron source and duration of half a year each are presen...New results of two computer experiments on modeling of superthermal neutron-nuclear combustion of natural uranium for two different flux densities of external neutron source and duration of half a year each are presented. The simulation results demonstrate the dependence of the autowave combustion modes on the parameters of the external source.展开更多
MCNPX(Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code)computer code is used to design a model to CANDU(Canada Deuterium Uranium)reactor core and its shielding system.It is assumed that reactor core is fueled with natural uraniu...MCNPX(Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code)computer code is used to design a model to CANDU(Canada Deuterium Uranium)reactor core and its shielding system.It is assumed that reactor core is fueled with natural uranium.The core radiation sources are calculated which consider prompt neutrons,neutron induced gamma and prompt gamma radiations.The total neutron flux and dose rate are calculated along the shield and at outer shield points.The results indicated that the major dose rate component at outer shield points is due to neutron induced gamma dose rate(μSv/h).展开更多
文摘The purpose of the paper is to study the performance of the CANDU(Canada Deuterium Uranium)reactor when the reactor core is loaded with thorium fuel mixed with plutonium isotopes with ratio 3 and 5%.A three dimensional model is designed for the core of CANDU reactor.The computer code MCNPX(Monte Carlo N–Particle Transport)is used to calculate the processes in its core.The results are compared with natural UO2 case which is the typical fuel of the reactor.The results show that the multiplication factor of the reactor is higher even in the case of thorium fuel mixed with 3%plutonium isotopes,which indicates longer neutron life cycle length and more economic utilization of the reactor.
文摘New results of two computer experiments on modeling of superthermal neutron-nuclear combustion of natural uranium for two different flux densities of external neutron source and duration of half a year each are presented. The simulation results demonstrate the dependence of the autowave combustion modes on the parameters of the external source.
文摘MCNPX(Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code)computer code is used to design a model to CANDU(Canada Deuterium Uranium)reactor core and its shielding system.It is assumed that reactor core is fueled with natural uranium.The core radiation sources are calculated which consider prompt neutrons,neutron induced gamma and prompt gamma radiations.The total neutron flux and dose rate are calculated along the shield and at outer shield points.The results indicated that the major dose rate component at outer shield points is due to neutron induced gamma dose rate(μSv/h).
