Şahin, Sümer

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Investigation of a Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor Using Reactor Grade Plutonium With ²³²th and ²³⁸u
(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2016) Sahin, Sumer; Erol, Ozgur; Sahin, Haci Mehmet
Utilization of natural uranium (nat-U) and thorium as fertile fuels has been investigated by in a Gas Turbine - Modular Helium Reactor (GTMHR) using reactor grade plutonium as driver fuel. A neutronic analysis for the full core reactor was performed by using MCNP5 with ENDF/B-VI cross-section library. Different mixture ratios were tested in order to find the appropriate mixture ratio of fertile and fissile fuel particles that gives a comparable k(eff) value of the reference uranium fuel. Time dependent calculations were performed by using MONTEBURN2.0 with ORIGEN2.2 for each selected mixture. Different parameters (operation time, burnup value, fissile isotope change, etc.) were subject of performance comparison. The operation time and burnup values were close to each other with nat-U and thorium, namely 3205 days and 176 GWd/MTU for the former and 3175 days 181 GWd/MTU for the latter fertile fuel. In addition, the fissile isotope amount changed from initially 6940.1 kg-4579.2 kg at the end of its operation time for nat-U. These values were obtained for thorium as 6603.3 kg-4250.2 kg, respectively. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Criticality and burn up evolutions of the Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor with alternative fuels
(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2010) Sahin, Suemer; Sahin, Haci Mehmet; Acir, Adem
Time evolution of criticality and burn-up grades of the Fixed Bed Nuclear Reactor (FBNR) are investigated for alternative fuels. These are: (1) low enriched uranium, (2) weapon grade plutonium, (3) reactor grade plutonium, and (4) minor actinides in the spent fuel of light water reactors (LWRs). The criticality calculations are conducted with SCALE 5.1 using S(8)-P(3) approximation in 238 neutron energy groups with 90 groups in thermal energy region. The main results of the study can be summarized as follows: (1) Low enriched uranium (UO(2)): FBNR with an enrichment grade of 9% and 19% will start with k(eff) = 1.2744 and k(eff) = 1.36 and can operate similar to 8 and >15 years with the same fuel charge, where criticality drops to k(eff) = 1.06 and a burn-up grade of 54 000 and >110000 MW.D/t can be attained. (2) Weapon grade plutonium: Such a high quality nuclear fuel suggests to be mixed with thorium. Second series of criticality calculations are conducted with fuel compositions made of thoria (ThO(2)) and weapon grade PuO(2), where PuO(2) component has been varied from 1% to 100%. Criticality with k(eff) > 1.0 is achieved by similar to 2.5% PuO(2). At 4% PuO(2), the reactor criticality will become satisfactory (k(eff) = 1.1121), rapidly increasing with more PuO(2). A reasonable mixture will by around 20% PuO(2) and 80% ThO(2) with a k(eff) = 1.2864. This mixed fuel would allow full power reactor operation for >20 years and burn-up grade can reach 136 000 MW.D/t. (3) Reactor grade plutonium: Third series of criticality calculations are conducted with fuel compositions made of thoria and reactor grade PuO(2), where PuO(2) is varied from 1% to 100%. Reactor becomes critical by 8% PuO(2) content. One can achieve k(eff) = 1.2670 by 35% PuO(2) and would allow full power reactor operation also for >20 years and burn-up grade can reach 123 000 MW.D/t. (4) Minor actinides in the spent fuel of LWRs: Fourth series of criticality calculations are conducted with fuel compositions made of thoria and MAO(2), where MAO(2) is varied from 1% to 100%. Reactor becomes critical by similar to 17% MAO(2) content. Reasonably high reactor criticality (k(eff) = 1.2673) is achieved by 50% MAO(2) for a reactor operation time of 15 years with a burn up of 86 000 MW.D/t without fuel change. On that way, the hazardous nuclear waste product can be transmuted as well as utilized as fuel. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Energy Conversion and Management	8
Progress in Nuclear Energy	4
15th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems -- MAY 15-19, 2011 -- San Francisco, CA	3
International Journal of Energy Research	3
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy	3

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