Research Article

A Concept of Online Refueling TRISO-Fueled and Salt-Cooled Reactor

Table 8

Temperature and void coefficients of the core.

Coefficients of reactivityValue

Isothermal temperature coefficient at fresh state (pcm/K)-4.398
Fuel temperature coefficient at fresh state (pcm/K)-2.263
Moderator temperature coefficient at fresh state (pcm/K)-2.295
Coolant temperature coefficient at fresh state (pcm/K)-0.435
Coolant void coefficient at fresh state (pcm/%void)-8.77
Carrier void coefficient at fresh state (pcm/%void)-4.35
Isothermal temperature coefficient at equilibrium state (pcm/K)-8.525
Fuel temperature coefficient at equilibrium state (pcm/K)-2.785
Moderator temperature coefficient at equilibrium state (pcm/K)-1.935
Coolant temperature coefficient at equilibrium state (pcm/K)-0.205
Coolant void coefficient at equilibrium state (pcm/%void)-27.23
Carrier void coefficient at equilibrium state (pcm/%void)-15.59