Development of Improved Burnable Poisons for Commercial Nuclear Power Reactors

COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
FIGURES......Page 9
TABLES......Page 15
ABBREVIATED TERMS......Page 19
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 21
SUMMARY......Page 23
INTRODUCTION......Page 27
CONFIGURATIONS FOR STUDY......Page 31
SELECTION OF ISOTOPES......Page 38
REACTOR NEUTRONICS CALCULATIONS......Page 41
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR ZrB......Page 45
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR GADOLINIUM......Page 62
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR SAMARIUM......Page 85
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR ERBIUM......Page 109
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR DYSPROSIUM......Page 129
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR EUROPIUM......Page 147
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR HAFNIUM......Page 162
NEUTRONICS PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR OTHER ELEMENTS......Page 174
DISCUSSION......Page 179
RESIDUAL REACTIVITY......Page 196
TIME DEPENDENCE......Page 198
ISOTOPE SEPARATION......Page 203
CONCLUSIONS......Page 205
REFERENCES......Page 207
APPENDIXES......Page 0
Appendix A1......Page 208
A1-Gadolinium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 210
A1-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 155Gd......Page 224
A1-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 157Gd......Page 232
Appendix A2......Page 246
A2-Gadolinium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 248
A2-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 155Gd......Page 260
A2-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 157Gd......Page 270
Appendix A3......Page 279
A3-Gadolinium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 281
A3-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 155Gd......Page 293
A3-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 157Gd......Page 305
Appendix A4......Page 319
A4-Gadolinium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 321
A4-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 155Gd......Page 329
A4-Gadolinium Fully Enriched in 157Gd......Page 337
Appendix B1......Page 347
B1-Samarium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 349
B1-Samarium Fully Enriched in 149Sm......Page 365
Appendix B2......Page 383
B2-Samarium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 385
B2-Samarium Fully Enriched in 149Sm......Page 401
Appendix B3......Page 417
B3-Samarium with Natural isotopic Abundances......Page 419
B3-Samarium Fully Enriched in 149Sm......Page 433
Appendix B4......Page 456
B4-Samarium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 458
B4-Samarium Fully Enriched in 149Sm......Page 466
Appendix C1......Page 478
C1-Erbium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 480
C1-Erbium Fully Enriched in 167Er......Page 492
Appendix C2......Page 503
C2-Erbium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 505
C2-Erbium Fully Enriched in 167Er......Page 521
Appendix C3......Page 536
C3-Erbium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 538
C3-Erbium Fully Enriched in 167Er......Page 550
Appendix C4......Page 563
C4-Erbium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 565
C4-Erbium Fully Enriched in 167Er......Page 569
Appendix D1......Page 575
D1-Dysprosium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 577
D1-Dysprosium Fully Enriched in 164Dy......Page 587
Appendix D2......Page 596
D2-Dysprosium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 598
D2-Dysprosium Fully Enriched in 164Dy......Page 604
Appendix D3......Page 610
D3-Dysprosium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 612
D3-Dysprosium Fully Enriched in 164Dy......Page 616
Appendix D4......Page 626
D4-Dysprosium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 628
D4-Dysprosium Fully Enriched in 164Dy......Page 632
Appendix E1......Page 636
E1-Europium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 638
E1-Europium Fully Enriched in 151Eu......Page 642
E1-Europium Fully Enriched in 153Eu......Page 646
Appendix E2......Page 649
E2-Europium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 651
E2-Europium Fully Enriched in 151Eu......Page 655
E2-Europium Fully Enriched in 153Eu......Page 659
Appendix E3......Page 662
E3-Europium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 664
E3-Europium Fully Enriched in 151Eu......Page 668
E3-Europium Fully Enriched in 153Eu......Page 674
Appendix E4......Page 677
E4-Europium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 679
E4-Europium Fully Enriched in 151Eu......Page 685
Appendix F1......Page 693
F1-Hafnium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 695
F1-Hafnium Fully Enriched in 174Hf......Page 699
F1-Hafnium Fully Enriched in 177Hf......Page 703
Appendix F2......Page 706
F2-Hafnium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 708
F2-Hafnium Fully Enriched in 177Hf......Page 712
Appendix F3......Page 716
F3-Hafnium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 718
F3-Hafnium Fully Enriched in 177Hf......Page 726
Appendix F4......Page 735
F4-Hafnium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 737
F4-Hafnium Fully Enriched in 177Hf......Page 743
Appendix G1......Page 749
G1-Lutetium with Natural Isotopic Abundances......Page 751
G1-Lutetium Fully Enriched in 176Lu......Page 755