Feasibility of Breeding in Hard Spectrum Boiling Water Reactors with Oxide and Nitride Fuels
This study assesses the neutronic, thermal-hydraulic, and fuel performance aspects of using nitride fuel in place of oxides in Pu-based high conversion light water reactor designs. Using the higher density nitride fuel hardens the neutron energy spectrum and results in higher breeding ratios. Th...
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Technical Report |
| Published: |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
2013
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77615 |