Research Article
A Concept of Online Refueling TRISO-Fueled and Salt-Cooled Reactor
Table 6
Effect of control rod material on reactivity.
| | Material | Hot state (operation condition) | Cold state (300 K for all components) | | Reactivity
(pcm) | | Reactivity
(pcm) | SDM OSRª (pcm) |
| | He | 1.01336 | +1,318 | 1.06639 | +6226 | — | | B4C | 0.89635 | -11,564 | 0.94342 | -5998 | -4557 | | Gd2O3 | 0.91920 | -8,790 | 0.96985 | -3108 | -2112 | | AgInCd | 0.91912 | -8,800 | 0.97037 | -3053 | -2098 | | Hf | 0.91636 | -9,127 | 0.96665 | -3450 | -2438 | | Inconel slug | 0.98897 | -1,115 | 1.03571 | +3448 | +3674 | | SS304 | 0.99694 | -307 | 1.04314 | +4136 | +4367 |
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ªShutdown margin with one stuck rod.
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