Comparative studies on thorium fuel cycles of BWR with JENDL 3.2 and JEF 2.2 nuclear data libraries
by Abdul Waris; Syeilendra Pramuditya; Yudha Satya Perkasa; Idam Arif
International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology (IJNEST), Vol. 8, No. 1, 2014

Abstract: Comparative studies of thorium fuel cycles in boiling water reactor (BWR) with JENDL 3.2 and JEF 2.2 nuclear data libraries have been performed. The once through cycle (OTC) and the all heavy metals (HMs) confining scenarios were evaluated. In this study, we have utilised the time independent fuel burnup scheme, that we called equilibrium burnup. OTC case with JEF 2.2 results in the higher required U-233 concentration for criticality compared to that of JENDL 3.2. In contrast, the required U-233 concentration for criticality becomes smaller for the all HMs confining case with JEF 2.2 compared to that of JENDL 3.2. Conversion ratio increases with the boosting of void fraction for both scenarios of the two nuclear data libraries. JENDL 3.2 gives the harder neutron spectra compared to that of JEF 2.2 for both scenarios.

Online publication date: Fri, 24-Oct-2014

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology (IJNEST):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com