Design optimization of cylindrical burnable absorber inserted into annular fuel pellets for soluble-boron-free SMR

This paper presents a high performance burnable absorber named as CIMBA (Cylindrically Inserted and Mechanically Separated Burnable Absorber) for the soluble-boron-free SMR. The CIMBA is the cylindrical gadolinia inserted into the annular fuel pellets. Although the CIMBA utilizes the spatial self-sh...

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Published in:	Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Main Authors:	YuGwon Jo, Ho Cheol Shin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-04-01
Subjects:	Burnable absorber Spatial self-shielding effect Annular fuel pellet Soluble-boron-free Small modular reactor
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573321005830