A standing wave reactor by continuous radial fuel shuffling
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W. Seifritz
Abstract
The theory of a “Standing Wave Reactor” is developed whereby fertile fuel elements are continuously shuffeled from inward to outward in a cylindrical reactor core. The temporal and spacial stiffness of the S-shaped fluence and the M-shaped flux distributions are typical for such a fertile fuel consuming fast system.
Kurzfassung
Es wird die Theorie eines „Standing Wave Reactors“ entwickelt, bei dem kontiuierlich Brennelemente aus fruchtbarem Material von innen nach außen in einem zylindrischen Reaktor umgesetzt werden. Die zeitlich und örtlich stationäre S-förmige Fluenz- und die M-förmige Flussverteilung sind typisch für ein solches schnelles System, das fruchtbares Material (Unat, Udepl, Ureproc, d.h. im Wesentlichen U-238 oder Th) in-situ verbrennen kann.
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