Prediction Of The Total Decay Heat From Fast Neutron Fission Of 235U And 239Pu

Sherif. S. Nafee, Ameer. K. Al-Ramady, Salem. A. Shaheen
2012 Zenodo  
The analytical prediction of the decay heat results from the fast neutron fission of actinides was initiated under a project, 10-MAT1134-3, funded by king Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KASCT), Long-Term Comprehensive National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovations, managed by a team from King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia, and supervised by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has collaborated with KAU's team to assist in the computational analysis. In this paper, the
more » ... umerical solution of coupled linear differential equations that describe the decays and buildups of minor fission product MFA, has been used to predict the total decay heat and its components from the fast neutron fission of 235U and 239Pu. The reliability of the present approach is illustrated via systematic comparisons with the measurements reported by the University of Tokyo, in YAYOI reactor.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.1061772 fatcat:uvabthilxzcllh7ryyeo4fzakq