Low-power lead-cooled fast reactor for education purposes

Samokhin, D.S.; Khorasanov, G.L.; Tormyshev, I. V.; Zemskov, E A; Gostev, Anton Leonidovich; Terekhova, Anna; Kuzmichyov, S.A.

doi:10.1016/j.nucet.2016.01.013

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“…The isotopes of americium and curium contribute greatly to the radioactivity of SNF and represent the greatest danger to the environment. It follows that prior to placement in the long-term storage of MA extracted from SNF, it is expedient to conduct their preliminary irradiation with the aim of destroying americium and curium [2][3]. Curium isotopes are also intense sources of spontaneous fission neutrons.…”

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

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Khorasanov²,

Terekhova³

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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.

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