Impact of Pu on reactor characteristics
Civil plutonium management
Article REF: BN3245 V1
Impact of Pu on reactor characteristics
Civil plutonium management

Authors : Bruno SICARD, Alain ZAETTA

Publication date: January 10, 2004, Review date: February 4, 2015 | Lire en français

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3. Impact of Pu on reactor characteristics

3.1 Impact on thermal neutron reactors

As we saw earlier, the use of MOX in a thermal neutron reactor tends to increase the absorption rate in the thermal zone, leading to a lower heat flux. This is known as spectrum hardening.

The consequences are manifold .

  • This reduces the effectiveness of the control clusters and soluble boron used in PWRs to control excess reactivity at the start...

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