池式研究型反应堆是全球多用途研究堆中的重点类型,因其在安全特性、多用途性和运行维护等方面的突出表现而备受关注。在池式堆中,热功率为1~10 MW的小型研究堆方案设计最为成熟,应用场景最为广泛。为了探索未来池式研究堆堆芯设计及其...池式研究型反应堆是全球多用途研究堆中的重点类型,因其在安全特性、多用途性和运行维护等方面的突出表现而备受关注。在池式堆中,热功率为1~10 MW的小型研究堆方案设计最为成熟,应用场景最为广泛。为了探索未来池式研究堆堆芯设计及其应用场景的发展趋势,首先,根据全球开展RERTR(Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor)低浓化项目并进行堆芯重新设计的小型池式研究堆不同的堆芯方案进行对比,研究分析未来小型池式研究堆堆芯可采用的燃料类型和组件结构,以及目前全球小型池式研究堆的应用情况。其次,总结了小型池式研究堆在燃料类型和堆芯结构两个方面的发展现状,汇总了研究堆各类中子应用场景的技术指标。最终,通过横向对比探究分析推判:未来小型池式研究堆将采用紧凑型堆芯设计,采用高密度的低浓缩铀燃料,以紧凑可移动式小堆芯为基础,以大水池内中子源应用设施为主要发展方向。展开更多
The traveling wave reactor （TWR） is a once-through reactor that uses in situ breeding to greatly reduce the need for enrichment and reprocessing. Breeding converts incoming subcritical reload fuel into new critical ...The traveling wave reactor （TWR） is a once-through reactor that uses in situ breeding to greatly reduce the need for enrichment and reprocessing. Breeding converts incoming subcritical reload fuel into new critical fuel, allowing a breed-burn wave to propagate. The concept works on the basis that breed-burn waves and the fuel move relative to one another. Thus either the fuel or the waves may move relative to the stationary observer. The most practical embodiments of the TWR involve moving the fuel while keeping the nuclear reactions in one place-sometimes referred to as the standing wave reactor （SWR）. TWRs can operate with uranium reload fuels including totally depleted uranium, natural uranium, and low-enriched fuel （e.g., 5.5% 23sU and below）, which ordinarily would not be critical in a fast spectrum. Spent light water reactor （LWR） fuel may also serve as TWR reload fuel. In each of these cases, very efficient fuel usage and significant reduction of waste volumes are achieved without the need for re- processing. The ultimate advantages of the TWR are realized when the reload fuel is depleted uranium, where after the startup period, no enrichment facilities are needed to sustain the first reactor and a chain of successor reactors. TerraPower＇s conceptual and engineering design and associated technolo- gy development activities have been underway since late 2006, with over 50 institutions working in a highly coordinated effort to place the first unit in operation by 2026. This paper summarizes the TWR technology： its development program, its progress, and an analysis of its social and economic benefits.展开更多
文摘池式研究型反应堆是全球多用途研究堆中的重点类型,因其在安全特性、多用途性和运行维护等方面的突出表现而备受关注。在池式堆中,热功率为1~10 MW的小型研究堆方案设计最为成熟,应用场景最为广泛。为了探索未来池式研究堆堆芯设计及其应用场景的发展趋势,首先,根据全球开展RERTR(Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactor)低浓化项目并进行堆芯重新设计的小型池式研究堆不同的堆芯方案进行对比,研究分析未来小型池式研究堆堆芯可采用的燃料类型和组件结构,以及目前全球小型池式研究堆的应用情况。其次,总结了小型池式研究堆在燃料类型和堆芯结构两个方面的发展现状,汇总了研究堆各类中子应用场景的技术指标。最终,通过横向对比探究分析推判:未来小型池式研究堆将采用紧凑型堆芯设计,采用高密度的低浓缩铀燃料,以紧凑可移动式小堆芯为基础,以大水池内中子源应用设施为主要发展方向。
文摘The traveling wave reactor （TWR） is a once-through reactor that uses in situ breeding to greatly reduce the need for enrichment and reprocessing. Breeding converts incoming subcritical reload fuel into new critical fuel, allowing a breed-burn wave to propagate. The concept works on the basis that breed-burn waves and the fuel move relative to one another. Thus either the fuel or the waves may move relative to the stationary observer. The most practical embodiments of the TWR involve moving the fuel while keeping the nuclear reactions in one place-sometimes referred to as the standing wave reactor （SWR）. TWRs can operate with uranium reload fuels including totally depleted uranium, natural uranium, and low-enriched fuel （e.g., 5.5% 23sU and below）, which ordinarily would not be critical in a fast spectrum. Spent light water reactor （LWR） fuel may also serve as TWR reload fuel. In each of these cases, very efficient fuel usage and significant reduction of waste volumes are achieved without the need for re- processing. The ultimate advantages of the TWR are realized when the reload fuel is depleted uranium, where after the startup period, no enrichment facilities are needed to sustain the first reactor and a chain of successor reactors. TerraPower＇s conceptual and engineering design and associated technolo- gy development activities have been underway since late 2006, with over 50 institutions working in a highly coordinated effort to place the first unit in operation by 2026. This paper summarizes the TWR technology： its development program, its progress, and an analysis of its social and economic benefits.
