Nuclear Engineering and Technology

  • 제47권7호
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  • Pages.924-933
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  • 2015
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  • 1738-5733(pISSN)
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  • 2234-358X(eISSN)
한국원자력학회 (Korean Nuclear Society)
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ANALYSIS OF HIGH BURNUP PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR FUEL USING URANIUM, PLUTONIUM, NEODYMIUM, AND CESIUM ISOTOPE CORRELATIONS WITH BURNUP

  • KIM, JUNG SUK (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • JEON, YOUNG SHIN (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • PARK, SOON DAL (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • HA, YEONG-KEONG (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • SONG, KYUSEOK (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
  • 투고 : 2015.03.13
  • 심사 : 2015.08.09
  • 발행 : 2015.12.25
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초록

The correlation of the isotopic composition of uranium, plutonium, neodymium, and cesium with the burnup for high burnup pressurized water reactor fuels irradiated in nuclear power reactors has been experimentally investigated. The total burnup was determined by Nd-148 and the fractional $^{235}U$ burnup was determined by U and Pu mass spectrometric methods. The isotopic compositions of U, Pu, Nd, and Cs after their separation from the irradiated fuel samples were measured using thermal ionization mass spectrometry. The contents of these elements in the irradiated fuel were determined through an isotope dilution mass spectrometric method using $^{233}U$, $^{242}Pu$, $^{150}Nd$, and $^{133}Cs$ as spikes. The activity ratios of Cs isotopes in the fuel samples were determined using gamma-ray spectrometry. The content of each element and its isotopic compositions in the irradiated fuel were expressed by their correlation with the total and fractional burnup, burnup parameters, and the isotopic compositions of different elements. The results obtained from the experimental methods were compared with those calculated using the ORIGEN-S code.

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연구 과제 주관 기관 : National Research Foundation of Korea

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