{"title":"Core conversion design study of TRIGA Mark 2000 Bandung using MTR plate type fuel element","authors":"S. Pinem, T. M. Sembiring, T. Surbakti","doi":"10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016738","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The TRIGA 2000 Bandung (TRIGA 2000) is a TRIGA Mark II type reactor with the nominal thermal power of 2 MW. It is used as a back-up reactor for irradiation radioisotope targets to the local market. This present study describes the fuel type conversion, from TRIGA fuel rod type to the MTR fuel plate type, as a solution to the fuel shortage. The optimum silicide (U3Si2-Al) equilibrium core are obtained by using WIMSD/5B (cell calculations) and BATAN-FUEL and BATAN-3DIFF (core calculations) codes for static and kinetic core parameters. The core calculation results showed that the optimum equilibrium core configuration is 5×5 core grid position and the maximum thermal neutron fluxes in the centre and periphery core are 6.07×1013 neutron/cm2s and 1.41×1013 neutron/cm2s, respectively. It is concluded that TRIGA 2000 reactor can be designed with very satisfactory static parameters and inherent safety.","PeriodicalId":35144,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","volume":"12 1","pages":"222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNEST.2018.10016738","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Energy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The TRIGA 2000 Bandung (TRIGA 2000) is a TRIGA Mark II type reactor with the nominal thermal power of 2 MW. It is used as a back-up reactor for irradiation radioisotope targets to the local market. This present study describes the fuel type conversion, from TRIGA fuel rod type to the MTR fuel plate type, as a solution to the fuel shortage. The optimum silicide (U3Si2-Al) equilibrium core are obtained by using WIMSD/5B (cell calculations) and BATAN-FUEL and BATAN-3DIFF (core calculations) codes for static and kinetic core parameters. The core calculation results showed that the optimum equilibrium core configuration is 5×5 core grid position and the maximum thermal neutron fluxes in the centre and periphery core are 6.07×1013 neutron/cm2s and 1.41×1013 neutron/cm2s, respectively. It is concluded that TRIGA 2000 reactor can be designed with very satisfactory static parameters and inherent safety.
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Today, nuclear reactors generate nearly one quarter of the electricity in nations representing two thirds of humanity, and other nuclear applications are integral to many aspects of the world economy. Nuclear fission remains an important option for meeting energy requirements and maintaining a balanced worldwide energy policy; with major countries expanding nuclear energy"s role and new countries poised to introduce it, the key issue is not whether the use of nuclear technology will grow worldwide, even if public opinion concerning safety, the economics of nuclear power, and waste disposal issues adversely affect the general acceptance of nuclear power, but whether it will grow fast enough to make a decisive contribution to the global imperative of sustainable development.
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