TY - JOUR
T1 - Multiple recycling of fuel in prototype fast breeder reactor
AU - Pandikumar, G.
AU - Gopalakrishnan, V.
AU - Mohanakrishnan, P.
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - In a thermal neutron reactor, multiple recycle of U-Pu fuel is not possible due to degradation of fissile content of Pu in just one recycle. In the FBR closed fuel cycle, possibility of multi-recycle has been recognized. In the present study, Pu-239 equivalence approach is used to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving near constant input inventory of Pu and near stable Pu isotopic composition after a few recycles of the same fuel of the prototype fast breeder reactor under construction at Kalpakkam. After about five recycles, the cycle-to-cycle variation in the above parameters is below 1%.
AB - In a thermal neutron reactor, multiple recycle of U-Pu fuel is not possible due to degradation of fissile content of Pu in just one recycle. In the FBR closed fuel cycle, possibility of multi-recycle has been recognized. In the present study, Pu-239 equivalence approach is used to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving near constant input inventory of Pu and near stable Pu isotopic composition after a few recycles of the same fuel of the prototype fast breeder reactor under construction at Kalpakkam. After about five recycles, the cycle-to-cycle variation in the above parameters is below 1%.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12043-009-0074-z
DO - 10.1007/s12043-009-0074-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67650001906
SN - 0304-4289
VL - 72
SP - 819
EP - 832
JO - Pramana - Journal of Physics
JF - Pramana - Journal of Physics
IS - 5
ER -