Abstract
Burnup analysis of rock-like oxide (ROX) fuel disks has been carried out and the results have been compared with measured values. Two kinds of ROX disks: zirconia and thoria, were fabricated and irradiated in an irradiation hole of the Japan Research Reactor No. 3 (JRR-3). After irradiation, several post-irradiation examinations (PIE) were performed. Computer codes used for the calculations were the SRAC and the MVP-BURN codes. Firstly, the neutron spectrum in the irradiation hole was calculated using the SRAC code system. Fixed source problems were solved to obtain the neutron spectra and effective cross-sections of the disks and burnup calculations were performed. The calculated results of burnup, isotopic abundance of plutonium and production of americium and curium were compared with measurement values. Calculations overestimate the measured burnup by 7 ∼ 15% and both codes largely underestimate the measured production of americium and curium isotopes. The calculated plutonium abundance agrees moderately well with the measured values.
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