Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

International Confernece Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference

PBNC 2016: Proceedings of The 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference pp 179–185Cite as

Monte Carlo Study on Radial Burnup and Isotope Distribution

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:

Abstract

The radial distribution of the power, the isotope distributions, and other properties of the UO2 and MOX fuel in the PWR are investigated with the increasing average burnup through the continuous-energy Monte Carlo code TRIPOLI-4. The local burnup phenomena mainly come from the high (n, γ) reaction rates of 238U and 240Pu near the surface of the fuel rod because of the self-shielding mechanism. The present Monte Carlo study shows that the local burnup and cumulative 239Pu near the surface are much larger compared with those at the center of the fuel rod. The local burnup and the isotope distributions are investigated up to 45 MWd/kgU in UO2 fuel and 84 MWd/kgU in MOX fuel.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  1. K. Nogita, K. Une, J. Nucl. Mater. 226, 302 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  2. J. Noirot, L. Desgranges, and J. Lamontagne, J. Nucl. Mater. 372, 318 (2008).

    Google Scholar 

  3. M. Amaya, J. Nakamura, and T. Fuketa, J. Nucl. Mater. 392, 439 (2009).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Y.H. Koo, et al., J. Nucl. Mater. 295, 207 (2001).

    Google Scholar 

  5. C.B. Lee, Y. H. Jung, J. Nucl. Mater. 279, 207 (2000).

    Google Scholar 

  6. C.X. Yuan, et al., Nucl. Phys. A 883, 25 (2012).

    Google Scholar 

  7. C.X. Yuan, et al., Phys Rev. C 85, 064324 (2012).

    Google Scholar 

  8. C.X. Yuan, et al., Phys Rev. C 89, 044327 (2014).

    Google Scholar 

  9. http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/exfor/endf00.jsp.

  10. K. Lassmann, et al., J. Nucl. Mater. 208, 223 (1994).

    Google Scholar 

  11. K. Lassmann, C.T. Walker, J. van de Laar, J. Nucl. Mater. 255, 222 (1998).

    Google Scholar 

  12. A. Schubert, et al., J. Nucl. Mater. 376, 1 (2008).

    Google Scholar 

  13. C.B. Lee, et al., J. Nucl. Mater. 282, 196 (2000).

    Google Scholar 

  14. A. Soba, et al., J. Nucl. Mater. 433, 160 (2013).

    Google Scholar 

  15. A. Soba, et al., Ann. Nucl. Energy 70, 147 (2014).

    Google Scholar 

  16. M. Lemes, A. Soba, A. Denis, J. Nucl. Mater. 456, 174 (2015).

    Google Scholar 

  17. C.X. Yuan, X.M. Wang, S.L. Chen, Sci. Technol. Nucl. Ins. In press.

    Google Scholar 

  18. O. Petit, F.X. Hugot, Y.K. Lee, C. Jouanne, “TRIPOLI-4 version 4 user guide,” CEA-R-6169, CEA (2008). http://www.nea.fr/abs/html/nea-1716.html (2008).

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge our collaborator CEA for the authorization of the TRIPOLI-4. This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 11305272, the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education under Grant No. 20130171120014, the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation under Grant No. 2014A030313217, the Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou under Grant No. 201506010060, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No. 14lgpy29.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, Guangdong, China

    Cenxi Yuan, Shengli Chen & Xuming Wang

Authors
  1. Cenxi Yuan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Shengli Chen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Xuming Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Cenxi Yuan .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd , Beijing, Beijing, China

    Hong Jiang

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer Science+Business Media Singapore

About this paper

Cite this paper

Yuan, C., Chen, S., Wang, X. (2017). Monte Carlo Study on Radial Burnup and Isotope Distribution. In: Jiang, H. (eds) Proceedings of The 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference. PBNC 2016. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2314-9_14

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2314-9_14

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore

  • Print ISBN: 978-981-10-2313-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-981-10-2314-9

  • eBook Packages: EnergyEnergy (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation