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Depth of the Iodine Well in RBMK Burning Uranium–Erbium Fuel

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The changes produced in the physical characteristics by switching to uranium–erbium fuel change the parameters determining the passage of a reactor through the iodine well, and they make it possible to decrease the stand time after a planned shutdown of the unit, thereby increasing the coefficient of utilization of the installed power. It is shown for the reactor in the No. 3 unit of the Smolensk nuclear power plant, using a computer simulation of different core-loading variants, that the stand time can be decreased from 2 to 1 day, since in so doing the reactivity coefficients and effects remain acceptable.

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  1. Russian Science Center Kurchatov Institute, Russia

    E. V. Burlakov, A. A. Balygin, A. V. Krayushkin, A. M. Fedosov & S. M. Tsareva

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  1. E. V. Burlakov
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  2. A. A. Balygin
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Burlakov, E.V., Balygin, A.A., Krayushkin, A.V. et al. Depth of the Iodine Well in RBMK Burning Uranium–Erbium Fuel. Atomic Energy 93, 621–624 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021010329494

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