Research Article
Conceptual Design of a 10 MW Multipurpose Research Reactor Using VVR-KN Fuel
Table 2
Power rates in the fuel elements of the hottest fuel assembly. The fuel elements are numbered from outer to inner elements in the assembly.
| | Fuel element | FE 1 | FE 2 | FE3 | FE4 | FE5 | FE6 | FE7 | FE8 | Total |
| | Fuel volume (cm3) | 92.481 | 82.114 | 71.747 | 61.38 | 51.013 | 40.646 | 30.278 | 18.868 | 448.527 | | Power (kW) | 106.21 | 80.28 | 61.79 | 47.67 | 36.69 | 27.84 | 20.24 | 12.78 | 393.49 | | Average power density (W/cm3) | 1148.46 | 977.67 | 861.24 | 776.59 | 719.16 | 684.94 | 668.30 | 677.34 | – |
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