An approach to minimize reactivity penalty of Gd2O3 burnable absorber at the early stage of fuel burnup in Pressurized Water Reactor

The high capture cross-section (σc) of Gadolinium (Gd-155 and Gd-157) causes reactivity penalty and swing at the initial stage of fuel burnup in Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). The present study is concerned with the feasibility of the combination of mixed burnable poison with both low and high σc...

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Main Authors: Umme Mahbuba Nabila, Md. Hossain Sahadath, Md. Towhid Hossain, Farshid Reza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573322002182