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Optimal Control Rod for Boron-Free Small Modular PWR

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Proceedings of The 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC 2016)

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This paper proposes a new control rod material for a boron-free small modular pressurized water reactor (SMPWR) to compensate the loss of the soluble boron. To design control rod for SMPWR is difficult due to the large amount of reactivity control necessity and the multiple roles of control rod, i.e., the excess reactivity control, the coarse/fine power control, and the axial shape control and shutdown. This paper presents a study of various control rod materials: B4C, Ag-In-Cd, and HfB2. The rod worth and the excess reactivity control capability will be assessed for the SMPWR using Studsvik’s reactor core design code system, CASMO-4E/SIMULATE-3.

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  1. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

    Jiwon Choe & Deokjung Lee

  2. Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Central Research Institute (KHNP-CRI), Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Ho Cheol Shin

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  1. China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd , Beijing, Beijing, China

    Hong Jiang

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Choe, J., Shin, H.C., Lee, D. (2017). Optimal Control Rod for Boron-Free Small Modular PWR. In: Jiang, H. (eds) Proceedings of The 20th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference. PBNC 2016. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2314-9_74

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