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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Conversion ratios for plutonium recycle in light water reactors: breeding potential in D₂O-H₂O cooled reactors
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe conversion properties of close packed, water cooled, plutonium fueled lattices are studied. Lattices with both ordinary water and light-heavy water mixtures are considered. The effects of volume fractions, plutonium concentrations, and heavy water fraction on the neutronics are studied through the use of computer calculations. A preliminary design for a D₂O-H₂O cooled breeder reactor is presented and the breeding characteristics of such a core are examined.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1975
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Story, George
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65059
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/65059