An accelerator-driven subcritical reactor functions well in incinerating high-level radiotoxic waste (HLW) as well as providing energy. China is on his way to establish such a facility to transmutate the annual 1000 tons of HLW. A neutronic analysis has been performed for a reference core with a special task of burning minor actinides 237Np, 241Am, 243Am and 244Cm. Instant operation parameters are determined, including neutron energy spectra, thermal power distribution and transmutation validation. Burning-up analysis is carried out to further confirm the incineration efficiency. The core parameters optimized in this work will be applied to simulate in-core fuel behavior in future research.
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@article{arxiv.1212.2797,
title = {MA Transmutation Performance Simulation and Accompanied Burning-up Analysis for C-ADS},
author = {Ji-Lang Miao and Zi-Chen Zhao and Zhen-Qi Chang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.2797},
year = {2016}
}
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