Abstract
In this research paper a reactivity control technique has been suggested for the conceptual design of a compact sized pressurized water reactor (PWR) core with an inventive tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) fuel particle composition. This conceptual design is a light water cooled and moderated reactor which utilizes TRISO fuel particles in PWR technology. The use of TRISO fuel in PWR technology improves integrity of the design due to its fission fragments retention ability. The fuel provides first retention barrier within fuel itself against the release of fission fragments that makes this design concept safer and environment friendly. The suggested TRISO fuel particle composition has a small amount of Pu-240 with 2.0 w/o in the place of U-238 which acts as reactivity suppressor. Reactor codes WIMS-D/4 and CITATION have been used for simulation and core design modeling. Results reveals that the amount of excess reactivity can be reduced significantly by using a small amount of Pu-240 in TRISO fuel which in turns reduces the number of gadolinia rods in the core required for excess reactivity control and completely eliminates the requirement of soluble boron system. Therefore the effective and optimal use of reactivity suppressor and burnable poison suppresses and flattens the core excess reactivity throughout the core life and hence number of control rods can be reduced without compromising on the shutdown margin.
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