한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집 (Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference)
- 한국원자력학회 1997년도 춘계학술발표회논문집(1)
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- Pages.21-26
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- 1997
Design Analysis of a Thorium Fueled Reactor with Seed-Blanket Assembly Configuration
- Lee, Kyung-Taek (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Department of Nuclear Engineering) ;
- Cho, Nam-Zin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Department of Nuclear Engineering)
- 발행 : 1997.05.01
초록
Recently, thorium is receiving increasing attention as an important fertile material for the expanding nuclear power programs around the world. The superior nuclear and physical properties of thorium-based fuels could lead to very low fuel cycle cost and make thorium reactors economically attractive. In addition, the use of thorium in reactors would permit more efficient utilization of low cost uranium reserves and reduction nuclear wastes. In this work, the nuclear characteristics of a new type thorium fueled reactor (Radkowsky Thorium Reactor) consisting seed-blanket assemblies are addressed and compared with those typical assemblies of a PWR (CE type). Also, an assessment on several advantages of thorium fueled reactors is provided. All these results are based on the HELIOS code calculation.
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