An advanced core design for a soluble-boron-free small modular reactor ATOM with centrally-shielded burnable absorber
A complete solution for a soluble-boron-free (SBF) small modular reactor (SMR) is pursued with a new burnable absorber concept, namely centrally-shielded burnable absorber (CSBA). Neutronic flexibility of the CSBA design has been discussed with fuel assembly (FA) analyses. Major design parameters an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-04-01
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Series: | Nuclear Engineering and Technology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573318305114 |