Soviet Atomic Energy

, Volume 17, Issue 4, pp 1025–1030 | Cite as

Some characteristics of a fast reactor with thorium shield

  • G. A. Batyrbekov
  • I. I. Bondarenko
  • Yu. F. Koleganov
  • M. N. Nikolayev
  • O. P. Uznadze
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Abstract

The regeneration factor of Pu239 in U233 was determined in the BR-1 experimentaI fast reactor with a Pu239 core and a Th232 shield. The breeding characteristics of thorium, the utilization factor of fission neutrons (D) and the neutron multiplication factor (k∞) were also studied.

Keywords

Th232 Thorium Multiplication Factor Regeneration Factor Fast Reactor 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • G. A. Batyrbekov
  • I. I. Bondarenko
  • Yu. F. Koleganov
  • M. N. Nikolayev
  • O. P. Uznadze

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