Summary This study compares three fuel types using neutronic analysis for use in a sodium‐cooled fast reactor (SFR) design with a modified CANDLE (Constant Axial shape of Neutron flux, nuclide densities, and power shape During Life of Energy production) radial shuffling strategy. SFR is one type of generation IV reactor that is currently under investigation for commercial implementation. In this study, the SFR design utilizes natural uranium as the fuel input. The designed reactor core has a two‐dimensional cylindrical geometry for each fuel mixed oxide (MOX), uranium‐plutonium nitride ([U‐Pu]N), and uranium‐plutonium zirconium ([U‐Pu]Zr). A radial shuffling strategy, using natural uranium as the fuel input, is applied to the SFR to manage the nuclear fuel burn‐up process of the long‐life reactor. This strategy is called the modified CANDLE burn‐up scheme. The reactor core is divided into 10 regions with equal volume to represent the 10 years that the reactor operates without refueling. Initially, the first (innermost) region of the reactor core is filled with natural uranium fuel. The result of the burn‐up from the first region is then shuffled into the second region. The third region is the result of the burn‐up that is shuffled from the second region, and so on. This mechanism only requires natural uranium as the input for each 10‐year fuel cycle. In this study, the fuel movement scheme is examined for three fuels. Global neutronic parameters, such as the multiplication factors and burn‐up analyses, are observed and optimized. Overall, for an output power of 500 MWth and an active core radius of 110 cm and height of 210 cm, the study indicates that (U‐Pu)N is the optimal fuel to be applied in the SFR with a modified CANDLE burn‐up scheme. (U‐Pu)Zr reaches a critical condition at an output power of 500 MWth with an active core radius of 130 cm and a height of 210 cm; whereas criticality for MOX is achieved at an output power of 1500 MWth with an active core radius of 210 cm and a height of 210 cm.
Analisis kekritisan Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) berdasarkan variasi bahan bakar telah dilakukan. Variasi bahan bakar yang digunakan adalah MOX, UN-PuN, dan U-Zr. Reaktor ini menggunakan natrium sebagai pendingin dan parameter yang diamati adalah faktor multiplikasi (keff )pada teras reaktor. Penelitian ini dilakukan secara simulasi komputasi meggunakan kode SRAC (Standard Thermal Reactor Analysis Code System) dengan JENDL-32 sebagai library. Teras reaktor dibagi menjadi 10 region arah radial. Pada awal operasi reaktor, masing-masing region diisi dengan bahan bakar uranium alam. Setelah 10 tahun pembakaran, hasil burn up pada region 1 di shuffling ke region 2, hasil region 2 di shuffling ke region 3 dan seterusnya sampai hasil burn up di region 9 di shuffling ke region 10, hasil burn up region 10 dikeluarkan dari teras reaktor dan pada region 1 akan diisi dengan bahan bakar yang baru. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa bahan bakar MOX dan U-Zr memilki nilai keff yang paling optimal digunakan pada reaktor SFR.Kata kunci: faktor multiplikasi keff , periode burn up, program SRAC, strategi shuffling
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