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Methods for calculation of self-shielded cross sections of fully ceramic micro-encapsulated fuel double heterogeneous system

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

Fully ceramic micro-encapsulated (FCM) fuel is a kind of fuel that employs tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) particles to enhance safety. The FCM fuel assembly is a double heterogeneous system. The conventional self-shielding calculation methods cannot treat the DH effect. In this paper, three methods based on equivalent homogenization of the TRISO particle and the matrix are studied and compared: the hyper-fine energy group cross sections (XSs) homogenization based hyper-fine energy group method (HHM), the hyper-fine energy group XSs homogenization based subgroup method (HSM) and the subgroup XSs homogenization based subgroup method (SSM). These methods are implemented in a high-fidelity neutronics code NECP-X. Numerical results show that these methods are able to treat the double heterogeneity of the FCM fuel. The precision of the HHM and HSM is higher than that of the SSM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Physics of Reactors
Subtitle of host publicationTransition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
EditorsMarat Margulis, Partrick Blaise
PublisherEDP Sciences - Web of Conferences
Pages539-546
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781713827245
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event2020 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: 28 Mar 20202 Apr 2020

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
Volume2020-March

Conference

Conference2020 International Conference on Physics of Reactors: Transition to a Scalable Nuclear Future, PHYSOR 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period28/03/202/04/20

Keywords

  • Double heterogeneity
  • FCM fuel
  • Hyper-fine energy group method
  • NECP-X
  • Subgroup method

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