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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Main Authors: Xuan Ha Nguyen, ChiHyung Kim, Yonghee Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573318305114