Use of lead-bismuth coolant in nuclear reactors and accelerator-driven systems

Gromov, B. F.; Belomitcev, Yu.S.; Yefimov, E.I.; Leonchuk, M.P.; Martinov, P.N.; Orlov, Yu. I.; Pankratov, Dmitry; Pashkin, Yu.G.; Toshinsky, G.I.; Чекунов, В. В.; Shmatko, B. A.; Степанов, В. А.

doi:10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00110-6

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“…The muffin tin potentials building following the method of Mukhopadhyay [21] is explained in reference [10]. We give our values of the resistivities for liquid thallium and liquid lead with the two sets of valences (3,4) and (1,2). All calculations are performed in the frame of the Esposito approach [22].…”

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Structure of thallium and lead calculated from Shaw local pseudopotential and molecular dynamics

Grosdidier

Sbihi

Abdellah

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Abstract. Recently, we (Es Sbihi Phil. Mag 2010) have successfully calculated, by molecular dynamics, the static structure factor of liquid bismuth at different temperatures. Our results were in very good agreement with the Waseda experimental data. Our assumption was to consider the true density of states which presents a gap as measured by Indlekofer (J. Non-Cryst. Solids 1989) and calculated by Hafner-Jank (Phys. Rev. B 1990) for liquid bismuth. The number of electrons at the Fermi energy has been calculated with three conduction electrons for bismuth (number of p electrons). With this assumption, the structures were determined with an effective ion-ion potential constructed from the Shaw local Optimised Model Potential (OMP) and the Ichimaru-Utsumi dielectric function. In the present paper, we generalize our assumptions to liquid thallium and lead which also present such a gap. Their calculated structures are also very close to the experimental ones. This confirms that the number of conduction electrons on the Fermi sphere is consistent with the number of p electrons as has been even shown for our electronic transport properties of liquid lead (A. Ben Abdellah, Phys. Rev. B 2003).

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“…The bismuth-lead alloy serves as cooling fluid in nuclear reactors [1]. The knowledge of the physical properties of heavy metals is crucial for this technology [2].…”

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Structure of thallium and lead calculated from Shaw local pseudopotential and molecular dynamics

Grosdidier

Sbihi

Abdellah

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“…28 Subsequently, Russian scientists gained valuable experience in managing corrosion through materials development and improved chemical control and purity of the coolant systems. 29 They also developed methods to minimize the radiation hazard from 210 Po produced in the lead-bismuth coolant. Because no commercial or large-scale lead-cooled reactors have been operated, it is difficult to predict the cost performance of this type of reactor relative to other reactor types.…”

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Reactor Technology Options Study for Near-Term Deployment of GNEP Grid-Appropriate Reactors

Ingersoll¹,

Poore²

2007

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“…Accurate cross sections for 209 Bi(n, xn) are needed for the development of Accelerator Driven Systems with PbBi coolants [1,2], while the experimental data are scarce. Recently the cross sections have been measured by the activation method in the tens of MeV region, by using the quasi mono-energetic neutrons obtained by the 7 Li(p, n) 7 Be reaction [3][4][5][6][7].…”

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Measurements of cross sections for the ²⁰⁹Bi(n, 4n) reaction by using high energy neutrons with continuous energy spectra

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Abstract. We measured 209 Bi(n, 4n) cross sections at neutron energies E n = 29.8 ± 1.8 MeV and E n = 34.8 ± 1.8 MeV. Bismuth oxide samples were irradiated with the neutrons produced by impinging 30, 35 and 40 MeV proton beams on a 1.05 cm thick beryllium target, where the proton beams were from the MC-50 Cyclotron of Korea Institute of Radiological Medical Sciences (KIRAMS). The neutron flux for each proton beam energy E p , E p (E n ), has a broad spectrum with respect to E n . By taking the difference in the neutron fluxes, the difference spectra, 40 (E n ) − 35 (E n ) and 35 (E n ) − 30 (E n ), are obatined and found to be peaked at E n = 29.8 and 34.8 MeV, respectively, with a width of about 3.6 MeV. By making use of this observation and employing the TENDL-2009 library we could extract the 209 Bi(n, 4n) 206 Bi cross sections at the aforementioned neutron energies.

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Use of lead-bismuth coolant in nuclear reactors and accelerator-driven systems

Cited by 162 publications

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Structure of thallium and lead calculated from Shaw local pseudopotential and molecular dynamics

Structure of thallium and lead calculated from Shaw local pseudopotential and molecular dynamics

Reactor Technology Options Study for Near-Term Deployment of GNEP Grid-Appropriate Reactors

Measurements of cross sections for the ²⁰⁹Bi(n, 4n) reaction by using high energy neutrons with continuous energy spectra

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Use of lead-bismuth coolant in nuclear reactors and accelerator-driven systems

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Structure of thallium and lead calculated from Shaw local pseudopotential and molecular dynamics

Structure of thallium and lead calculated from Shaw local pseudopotential and molecular dynamics

Reactor Technology Options Study for Near-Term Deployment of GNEP Grid-Appropriate Reactors

Measurements of cross sections for the 209Bi(n, 4n) reaction by using high energy neutrons with continuous energy spectra

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