Atom Indonesia Journal
Vol 30, No 1 (2004): January 2004

Analysis of Neutron Flux Distribution in Rsg-Gas Reactor With U-Mo Fuels

Taswanda Taryo (Center for Development of Research Reactor Technology-BATAN, Kawasan Puspiptek, Gedung 31, Serpong 15310, Tangerang, Indonesia)
T.M. Sembiring (Center for Development of Research Reactor Technology-BATAN, Kawasan Puspiptek, Gedung 31, Serpong 15310, Tangerang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Dec 2011

Abstract

The use of U-Mo fuels in research reactors seems to be promising and, recently, world researchers have carried out these such activities actively. The National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) which owns RSG-GAS reactor available in Serpong Research Center for Atomic Energy should anticipate this trend. It is, therefore, this research work on the use of U-Mo fuels in RSG-GAS reactor should be carried out. The work was focused on the analysis of neutron flux distribution in the RSG-GAS reactor using different content of molybdenum in U-Mo fuels. To begin with, RSG-GAS reactor core model was developed and simulated into X, Y and Z dimensions. Cross section of materials based on the developed cells of standard and control fuels was then generated using WIMS-D5-B. The criticality calculations were finally carried out applying BATAN-2DIFF code. The results showed that the neutron flux distribution obtained in U-Mo-fuel-based RSG-GAS core is very similar to those achieved in the 300-gram sillicide-fuel-based RSG-GAS reactor core. Indeed, the utilization of the U-Mo RSG-GAS core can be very similar to that of the high-density sillicide reactor core and even could be better in the future.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

aij

Publisher

Subject

Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Description

Exist for publishing the results of research and development in nuclear science and technology Starting for 2010 Atom Indonesia published three times a year in April, August, and December The scope of this journal covers experimental and analytical research in all areas of nuclear science and ...