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Benchmark critical experiments and FP worth evaluation for a heterogeneous system of uranium fuel rods and uranium solution poisoned with pseudo-fission-product elements

Tonoike, Kotaro ; Yamamoto, Toshihiro; Miyoshi, Yoshinori; Uchiyama, Gunzo ; Watanabe, Shoichi*

A series of critical experiments were performed using heterogeneous cores at the Static Experiment Critical Facility in Japan Atomic Energy Agency in order to obtain systematic benchmark data concerning dissolving process in a reprocessing plant. Focusing on the introduction of the burn-up credit, critical mass measurement was conducted for a combination of uranium dioxide fuel rods (5wt% $$^{235}$$U) and uranyl nitrate solution (6wt% $$^{235}$$U) poisoned with pseudo fission product (FP) elements - samarium, cesium, rhodium, and europium. Fuel rods were arrayed with an 1.5-cm lattice interval in the poisoned fuel solution in a 60-cm diameter cylindrical tank. The uranium concentrations of the solution was roughly kept at about 320gU/L, and the FP element concentrations were adjusted to be equivalent to a burn-up of about 30GWd/t. The result provides basic experimental data for validation of computational methods to evaluate a reactivity effect of each FP element, as well as benchmark criticality data for validation of neutron multiplication factor calculation of heterogeneous systems of spent fuel. In the report, detail of the experiments and its benchmark models will be presented as well as the procedure and the result of separate reactivity worth evaluation for each FP element. The experimental result and the computational evaluation will also be compared.

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