Feasibility of breed/burn fuel cycles in pebble bed HTGR reactors.
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Authors
Jenks, Timothy Storrs
Subjects
breed/burn fuel cycles
pebble bed htgr reactors
pebble bed htgr reactors
Advisors
Driscoll, Michael J.
Lanning, David D.
Date of Issue
1978-09
Date
September 1978
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language
en_US
Abstract
The feasibility of the breed/burn fuel cycle concept,
originally proposed for Pu239/U FBR applications, has been
evaluated for use in a U233/Th fueled pebble bed HTGR. Because
of its excellent neutron economy, its versatility with
respect to fueling strategies and the high fuel burnup
achievable as well as the ability to approach continuous
fueling operation, the 'pebble bed HTGR was judged to be the
best suited, of reactors currently of commercial interest,
for implementation of the breed/burn fuel cycle in a thermal/
epithermal system.
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Thesis
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This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library Collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title.
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Department
Nuclear Engineering
Organization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.