Abstract

A lumped, zero-dimensional, mass transport model is combined with a depletion matrix solver to study the influence of coolant circulation on radionuclide build-up in a small lead-cooled fast reactor. It is shown that the addition of coolant circulation results in a lower activity for a minority of studied nuclides, and it is thus recommended to consider stagnant coolant when licensing a reactor. Activation analysis of three different lead qualities potentially used in SUNRISE-LFR is performed, and the result shows that a low silver content is desirable to simplify maintenance and decommissioning.

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