Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/7802
Title: Utilization of Ceramic Uranium Fuels in Aries-Rs Fusion Reactor
Authors: Übeyli, Mustafa
Keywords: fissile fuel breeding
tritium breeding
energy multiplication
Publisher: Springer
Abstract: This study presents the neutronic performance of the ARIES-RS fusion reactor design using different natural ceramic uranium fuels, namely UO2, UN or U3Si2, dispersed in graphite matrix. These fissionable fuels inserted as micro spheres into the first range quadratic channels at the immediate neighborhood of the first wall in the inboard blanket to amplify fusion power and breed fissile fuel. Neutron transport calculations were performed with the help of the SCALE4.3 system by solving the Boltzmann transport equation with the XSDRNPM code in 238 neutron groups and a S-8-P-3 approximation. Among the investigated fuels, UN showed the best neutronic performance while UO2 and U3Si2 had similar performances. Numerical results pointed out that inserting fissionable fuel zone even with a small thickness (10 cm) in a pure fusion reactor increased fusion power from 2170 MW to 4500, 5250 and 4150 MW depending on the fuel type. Furthermore significant amount of fissile fuel was produced to be charged to light water reactors.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-004-1870-6
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/7802
ISSN: 0164-0313
Appears in Collections:Elektrik ve Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü / Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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