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A conventional FBR operating without reprocessing is thus not able to use fuel resources more efficiently or make any use of the untapped energy potential of the available DU stockpiles. CANDU reactors and AGRs generally have fuel rod design specifications similar to those of LWRs. English: Schematic diagram of the pressurised heavy water cooled version of a CANDU (CANada Deuterium-Uranium) nuclear reactor. While the definition of a B&B system formally allows for enriched or reprocessed feed-fuel even in the equilibrium state, the long-term aim of B&B reactor development is for fuel reloads to be made up of either depleted or natural uranium; a system like this will require no fuel enrichment and no fuel reprocessing. 0
More highly enriched uranium fuel is used at about 20 wt.% in some research reactor designs and at 93 wt.% or greater in high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs), research reactors, and military propulsion reactors. The fourth cycle depends upon the localization of the MOX assembly. Its impact is large, and it occurs in the same fluence range as RIS and RH. However, under these conditions – and more so under constant load conditions – radiation creep also induces elevated creep rates, including grain boundary sliding, that help initiate and sustain SCC. Massoud T. Simnad, in Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition), 2003. Emergency cooling in the HTGR design depends primarily on helium retention by the concrete vessel and the heat capacity of graphite. Multiple trains of separate systems typically can inject water at high, intermediate, or low pressure to coincide with various needs during the time-history and/or magnitude of the event. The Light Water Graphite Reactor was designe d as a large power producing reactor to be built at central generating stations having typi cally four reactors each. This process enables utilization (fission) of all the mined uranium minus inevitable losses in the reprocessing and fuel recycling operations. The fuel pins are first disassembled (about 4 months after removal from the reactor core) in a chop-leach step to remove the fuel from the clad. Fast breeder reactors (FBRs) can also operate without fuel recycling using a once-through fuel cycle. Second, the average diffusion distance for the fission products created in the grain increases. It would be reprocessed only for plutonium, since the residual uranium enrichment would likely be nearly that of depleted uranium. Estimates of crack tip deformation rates15 indicate the radiation creep is not a large contributor in actively growing cracks, but rather it is expected to promote crack initiation and to sustain crack growth (or promote crack reinitiation, if an existing crack does arrest). 0000187879 00000 n
In addition, the slightly lower thermal conductivity of MOX may give rise to higher fuel temperatures, resulting in higher fission gas release. (Greenspan, 2003; Wade, 2010; Grandy, 2011; ANL/CEA/JNC, 2005; Choi et al., 2011; Tsuboi et al., 2012; Brown, 1999). It mainly consists of nuclear fuel and control elements. This is fundamentally different from the FBR fuel (see Chapter 2.21, Fuel Performance of Fast Spectrum Oxide Fuel) regarding the fission gas release, with a low activation in base irradiation of the gas thermal diffusion. However the diagram above of an ESBWR reactor core gives some sense of how it works. This is the most widespread and well-known concept, which is also mostly adapted for the present fast breeder reactor (FBR) technology. The light-water reactor produces heat by controlled nuclear fission. Although the standard once-through FBR discharge burnup is two to three times higher than that of Light Water Reactors (LWRs), the uranium utilization of a once-through FBR is not significantly different from that of a once-through LWR because the level of uranium enrichment required to achieve criticality in the FBR is often three times that required to fuel the LWR. In AGR fuel rods, uranium dioxide pellets, enriched to about 3%, are encased in a stainless steel clad. 63 0 obj<>stream
P. Pöml, ... F.C. The breeding ratio of “battery” type cores is slightly above unity which is significantly smaller than the breeding ratio of B&B cores. Thus, SCC probably initiates early in life (before significant radiation creep relaxation occurs) or later in life when reloading occurs from differential swelling in the (annealed) baffle plates relative to the (cold-worked) baffle bolts. 0000001580 00000 n
In one type of HTGR, fuel sticks are loaded into hexagonal graphite fuel assembly blocks (Fig. The LWR fuel rods are designed to operate in normal operation at medium heat rate, ranging from 15 to 25 kW m−1 (150–250 W cm−1). Reactor Dynamics Zero Power Criticality vs. Power Operation Reactor Kinetics vs. LWR MOX fuel rods contain MOX pellets that have a low plutonium content. Pouchon, ... K. Bakker, in Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, 2012. The fuel assembly pressure drop is around 1.5 MPa. The large separate moderator volume in the calandria vessel provides additional sink for energy removal. The recycling of the plutonium for LWRs has been studied extensively and can now be used commercially. The fission products in the waste solutions are stored for several years in cooled tanks to remove much of the decay heat and are then solidified. In LWR fuel under normal operating conditions, only normal grain growth is observed, that is, large grains grow at the expense of smaller ones. Great efforts have been made in LWR fuel rod design in order to achieve the following good performance features: high burn-up, long operation cycle, good economy, and high reliability. Upper and lower sections of the depleted UO2 pellets are included for breeding. Figure 8. Fuel utilization comparisons between LWRs and DU-fed B&Bs (Greenspan and Heidet, 2011; BP., 2019). Semi-absorbent control rods (so-called ‘gray rods’) are inserted to perform these power variations. • Use of slightly enriched uranium oxide fuel in bundles rather than natural uranium fuel. The four main solid fission product isotopes from spent reactor fuel are Sr, Cs, Ce, and Pm. Schematic diagram of a CANDU reactor: ... Light water makes an excellent moderator: the light hydrogen atoms are very close in mass to a neutron and can absorb a lot of energy in a single collision (like a collision of two billiard balls). ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. ScienceDirect ® is a registered trademark of Elsevier B.V. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080560335000367, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080560335000719, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080560335000847, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080560335000409, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0122274105004981, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080560335000598, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0122274105004907, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124095489122110, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0122274105004956, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080560335000574, Material Properties/Oxide Fuels for Light Water Reactors and Fast Neutron Reactors, Advanced Fuels/Fuel Cladding/Nuclear Fuel Performance Modeling and Simulation, Material Performance and Corrosion/Waste Materials. Fuel for a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR). 0000001232 00000 n
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In contrast, the uranium utilization of a B&B system will approach the fraction of the loaded uranium that has been fissioned. Was, in Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, 2012. These are usually operating in load follow (daily cycles, decreasing the power to 30% or 50% of its nominal value during the night) and frequency control (instantaneous adaptation to the grid in a range ±5% around the nominal power). Light water reactors produce heat by controlled nuclear fission. Andresen, G.S. First of all, grain boundary sweeping provides another mechanism for the collection of gas at these internal surfaces from which release can occur. Their chemical states are listed in Table III. However the Generation IV reactor known as the supercritical water reactor with decreased coolant density may reach a hard enough neutron spectrum to be considered a fast reactor. Unlike the first consequence, this tends to reduce the release rate.
In 17 × 17 or 16 × 16 designs, these linear heat rates lead to a fuel centerline temperature not exceeding 1000–1200 °C. In both types, water is converted to steam, and then recycled back into water by a part called the condenser, to be used again in the heat process. P. Van Uffelen, M. Suzuki, in Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, 2012. An axial stack of cylindrical fuel pellets is encased in a cladding tube, both ends of which are welded shut with plugs. It was demonstrated that the power cycling had only a slight influence on the overall final fuel performance even if the local power cycling can be higher than the average power variations. They were intended to provide base load power for the grid system. In order to establish initial criticality, the initial fuel loading of any B&B core has to contain an adequate amount of fissile material. UO2 insulator pellets are inserted at both ends of the fuel stack, in some fuel designs, to thermally isolate metallic parts such as the end plug and the hold-down spring. Figure 28. Inside each fuel rod, pellets of uranium, or more commonly uranium oxide, are stacked end to end. About 90% of the unused uranium is in the form depleted uranium (DU, containing ~ 0.25% 235U) left over from the enrichment process, and the remaining > 9% is left over as used nuclear fuel (UNF). Reproduced from Walters, L. C., Ruther, W. E. Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition), Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. - A pressurised heavy water reactor is a nuclear power reactor that uses unenriched natural uranium as nuclear fuel and heavy water as … Domed building, built as a reinforced concrete and steel structure that houses the reactor, the steam generators and the pressuriser. Radiation creep relaxation also affects PWR baffle bolts, which are subject to large variations in fluence and temperature.40,41 Baffle bolts in high flux regions can accumulate more than 3 dpa year−1, and thus the preload will rapidly decrease during the first several years. The actual plutonium content for a given batch is obtained by a calculation that uses the neutronic equivalent coefficient of each isotope and the isotope composition of plutonium to be used for the batch. Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Public domain image by US NRC. Baron, L. Hallstadius, in Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, 2012. Grain boundary sweeping occurs at temperatures above roughly 1600 °C. A drop of the scan is observed at each pellet-to-pellet interface, as far as cesium axial diffusion is not activated (centerline temperatures have not exceeded 1200 °C). The electricity production possible from the currently available stockpiles of DU is therefore equivalent to current global electricity consumption for more than 500 years.5 Utilizing the B&B cycle without any reprocessing or fuel reconditioning, an amount of electricity corresponding to more than 100 years of current global consumption could in theory be unlocked just from this un-used depleted uranium waste material without the need for additional uranium mining.6 The fuel supply implications of various nuclear fuel cycles are summarized in Table 1. %PDF-1.6
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The water saturation temperature value at a pressure of 15.5 MPa is 345 °C and the maximum core outlet temperature in normal operation is around 320 °C. A large number of “battery” type fast reactor concepts have been developed that make very significant use of the breed and burn principle, typically with static (unshuffled) fuel maintaining criticality for extended periods of time and to significant levels of burnup (~ 10–15% FIMA). A gas plenum is located at the top part of the rod, in most cases, to form a free space volume that can accommodate internal gas. Thus, for example, in areas of the BWR shroud that receive a moderate neutron flux, if SCC initiation does not occur early in life (e.g., by 1 dpa), the relaxation in residual stress should diminish the likelihood of cracking later in life. The power generated in the fuel rod, highest during the two first cycles, generally decreases with time as UO2 reactivity decreases with burnup (fissile atoms consumption). Thus, it is not surprising that the incidence of SCC in BWR shroud welds, where the neutron flux can vary by 2 orders of magnitude because of the varying proximity of the fuel, does not show a strong correlation with fluence. B&B systems may formally be defined as follows: A reactor whose operation includes the periodic or continuous loading and discharge of fuel may be defined as a B&B system if it is capable of sustaining an equilibrium state of critical operation fed only by fuel that, if the full core fuel inventory was made up of this feed fuel, would render the system subcritical3 (that is, the core infinite multiplication factor would be smaller than unity). It is obviously very important to factor radiation creep relaxation into initial component design and subsequent SCC analysis. Staffan Qvist, in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2020. However, MOX technology is mature and available now, whereas the optimization and qualification of IMF will still require substantial time and resources (see Chapter 2.16, Burnable Poison-Doped Fuel; Chapter 3.10,Composite Fuel (cermet, cercer); Chapter 3.05, Actinide Bearing Fuels and Transmutation Targets; and Chapter 3.21, Matter Transport in Fast Reactor Fuels). The Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) BWRs actually boil the water. Under these conditions, fission gas release is typically high (>80%) and a very large plenum is included to limit gas pressure. The fuel pellets of the VVER have a small central hole (1.2–1.4 mm in diameter). For more information see the Turbines section of the encyclopedia. By the time a significant fleet of B&B reactors will be deployed the inventory of DU waste will be significantly larger than the one accounted for in composing this table. Radiation creep relaxation of X-750 springs at 370 °C. M.A. FIGURE 10. About 100–300 gal of fission product waste solutions are generated per ton of U fuel. This material can, in principle, be utilized for energy production in nuclear reactors, primarily via conversion of 238U by neutron capture to 239Pu2 and subsequent fission. 0000187642 00000 n
The nuclear reactor core is the portion of a nuclear reactor where the nuclear reactions take place. A hold-down spring, located in the gas plenum, maintains the fuel stack in place during shipment and handling. The specification for equivalent 239Pu (239Pu/(U + Pu)) is relatively low for a large size core; equivalent 239Pu is 12–15% for the SUPERPHENIX (1200 GWe),28 14–22% for MONJU (280 GWe). As the plutonium concentration is low, their irradiation behavior is similar to that of LWR UO2 fuel rods. The maximum axial power at the beginning of the core cycle is located at the bottom and skips quickly to the upper part of the assembly as irradiation proceeds. This specific type of coolant system uses light water instead of traditional heavy water. Recirculation of coolant that collects in the reactor building sump provides a long-term coolant supply after the initial inventories have been exhausted. Design changes, such as lowering the helium filling pressure, increasing the plenum volume, and/or decreasing the fuel stack length in the rod, are applied to accommodate higher gas release in MOX fuel rods. Light water reactors use water as both and a coolant method and a neutron moderator that reduces the speed of fast moving neutrons. The mixture of steam and water is led by the upper steam lines, one for each pressure channel, from the reactor top to the steam separators, pairs of thick horizontal drums located in side compartments above the reactor top; each has 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) diameter, 31 m (101 ft 8 in) length, wall thickness of 10 cm (3.9 in), and weighs 240 t (260 short tons). You can see that water … Toward achieving these ends, many modifications have been made, such as the development of high-density UO2 pellets, axial blankets for reducing neutron leakage, ZrB2 integral burnable absorber, high Gd content UO2–Gd2O3 pellets, corrosion-resistant cladding materials, and optimization of helium pressure and plenum length in the rod designs. xref
Inert matrix plutonium fuel for LWRs has been studied only in few programs, with a strong emphasis on the feasibility of fabrication of solid solution as well as composite fuels. The fuel is dissolved in nitric acid and the solution is then subjected to solvent extraction (PUREX process) to strip first the Pu and then the U from the solvent. The same U enrichment is used throughout a given PWR fuel assembly, but the core usually contains several levels of enrichment arranged to give uniform power distribution. For current LWR MOX fuels, depleted uranium (0.2–0.3% 235U), which is obtained in the form of tails from the enrichment process, is coupled with plutonium because there are economic incentives to concentrate as much plutonium in as few fuel assemblies as possible as it conserves the expensive fabrication cost of MOX fuel. 1 below shows a simplified diagram of a small modular reactor based on light water. Klaassen, in Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, 2012. While difficult to prove, the elevated and sustained deformation rates associated with radiation creep can only accentuate susceptibility to SCC. Reactor Dynamics. ^�2�}J�3�C�m"�S����K����]e. This temperature elevation has a slight effect on the moderator efficiency. It is currently developing three new reactor designs aimed at realizing this vision: the BWRX-300 small modular reactor, the RBWR light-water-cooled fast reactor, and the PRISM small modular sodium-cooled fast reactor. 3. Figure 9 is an example of the final burnup axial profile obtained by γ-scanning. The control elements, called control rods, are filled with pellets of subst… While these concepts may appear similar to B&B reactors (and sometimes are categorized as such Lopez-Solis and Francois, 2017), these systems do not fall in to the formal category of B&B reactors in this encyclopedia since they do not conform to the definitions as stated above. 0000001644 00000 n
for AP-600, extracted from IAEA-TECDOC- 1391 Status of Advanced Light Water Cooled Reactor Designs, 2004 is included in Appendix 1 for reference. This report presents the results of the project. th . We use cookies to help provide and enhance our service and tailor content and ads. Overall these programs have shown that the irradiation behavior of IMF can be satisfactory. P.L. Figure 9. Thus, there are a variety of UO2 pellets with different U enrichments depending on reactor design; the enrichments are within 5% which is due to the limits of fuel fabrication facilities and fuel shipments. Ronald A. Knief, in Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition), 2003. circulation light water reactor, to address the economic and safety attributes of the concept, and to demonstrate the technical feasibility by testing in an integral test facility. Variations on the light-water reactor uranium fuel cycle are found for systems fueled with natural uranium or highly enriched uranium. Several other nations are proceeding to use reprocessed fuels in their LWRs. 0000004277 00000 n
Present-day light water reactors (LWR) extract less than 1% of the potential energy of the uranium mined to make their fuel. A different design, the thorium high-temperature reactor (THTR), uses the large spheres, which are placed in a hopper to form a core that can be fueled and defueled, respectively, through on-line addition or removal of the spheres. Since after a typical 4-year HTGR fueling cycle the 236U content exceeds that of the 235U, recycle might not be used at all (unless laser methods are available). 0000004402 00000 n
Figure 7. Light water (normal H 2 O) is used as the coolant and moderator while heavy water (D 2 O) is used as the neutron reflector. trailer
Boiling water reactor boils light water that is fed to the reactor. Radiation creep can be both beneficial and detrimental. The fuel rod diameter differs according to the number of fuel rods per bundle. The collection results from the low solubility of the fission gas, and hence the sweeping grain boundary does not redeposit any gas in the newly formed crystal behind it. The BWR is a Direct Cycle PlantThe BWR is a Direct Cycle Plant. Reprocessing of HTGR fuel would be primarily for the uranium (235U and, as considered further below, 233U) content, since little plutonium would be produced (recalling that only < 7 wt.% of the fuel would be 238U). When local boiling occurs, it stays much localized at the fuel rod cladding surface. Reactor design. Many alternative fuel forms have, however, been researched, seeking simplified fabrication routes and other advantages. Figure 29. Often this has been due to reduced interest or financial means in the follow-up of the programs. FIGURE 9. 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