Estimation of the Amounts of Curium and Americium Isotopes in SNF of the BN-600 Reactor

The neutron-physical characteristics of curium and americium in spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of the BN-600 reactor were considered in the work. With the help of the Serpent software complex, several models of the BN-600 reactor fuel assembly with different enrichment of fuel by U-235 were built. In BN-6...

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Main Author: Lukyan, E.I. (author)
Other Authors: Khorasanov, G.L. (author), Terekhova, А.М. (author)
Format: article
Language:English
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://knepublishing.com/index.php/KnE-Engineering/article/view/1646
http://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/4325
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Summary:The neutron-physical characteristics of curium and americium in spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of the BN-600 reactor were considered in the work. With the help of the Serpent software complex, several models of the BN-600 reactor fuel assembly with different enrichment of fuel by U-235 were built. In BN-600, with the probability of dividing Am-241 by no more than 15%, incomplete burning of minor actinides (MA) occurs and even the accumulation of Cm-244, which is dangerous for storage.