Nuclear Criticality Analyses of Separations Processes for the Transmutation Fuel Cycle: Quaterly Report

Authors

William Culbreth, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Pang Tao, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

12-23-2001

First page number:

1

Last page number:

45

Abstract

During the first quarter of the work, the tasks included training students in the use of Monte Carlo codes used in radiation transport studies and the assessment of neutron multiplication factors for specific problems outlined by ANL-East through Drs. Laidler and Vandegrift.

The proposal also included objectives for the first year of work on this project, as listed below. The work conducted in the first quarter of the project was in partial completion of these objectives.

• Train UNLV students in the use of SCALE and/or MCNP for the assessment of nuclear criticality.

• Assess neutron multiplication factor, k_eff, for geometries and material concentrations as defined by the collaborating team from ANL-CMT for the ATW project.

• Provide software, extrapolation tables, or other methods to incorporate criticality estimates into the existing ANL Excel model of the pyrochemical treatment process to be used for ATW.

Keywords

Criticality (Nuclear engineering); Radioactive wastes; Separation (Technology); Spent reactor fuels; Transmutation (Chemistry)

Controlled Subject

Criticality (Nuclear engineering); Radioactive wastes; Separation (Technology)

Disciplines

Chemistry | Nuclear | Nuclear Engineering | Oil, Gas, and Energy

File Format

pdf

File Size

560 KB

Language

English

Rights

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Repository Citation

Culbreth, W., Tao, P. (2001). Nuclear Criticality Analyses of Separations Processes for the Transmutation Fuel Cycle: Quaterly Report. 1-45.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/hrc_trp_separations/21