Research Article

Study on Transmutation of Minor Actinides as Burnable Poison in VVER-1000 Fuel Assembly

Table 4

Transmutation rate in case of homogeneous loading with 10 wt.% of MAs.

IsotopeInitial amount (g)Residual amount at 306 days (g)Mass reduced after 306 days (g)Disappearance rate after 306 days (%)

237Np896.78756.59140.1915.63
241Am580.05356.29223.7638.58
243Am269.52219.7249.8018.48
244Cm81.54123.62−42.08−51.60
245Cm4.799.73−4.94−103.13
Total1832.671465.94366.7320.01