Firstly, efficiencies of the two core configurations for MA transmutation are addressed and evaluated in terms of actinides mass changes and reactivity coefficients.
The depletion calculations were made for a simplified core configuration where each assembly was represented by a homogeneous volume.
A new inner core configuration is proposed.
In a 24-processor core configuration, CloudBurst is up to 30 times faster than RMAP executing on a single core, while computing an identical set of alignments.
While this is somewhat expected, it shows that the core configuration is a good proxy for multiplex ties.
Such a core –shell configuration provided great protection for the γ-Ce2S3 pigment cores and made it as a potential substitute for toxic inorganic pigments.
This mechanism reduces total traffic by 15% for a 16-core configuration compared to a traditional directory-based protocol.
Because of the large number of possible combinations for the fuel assembly (FA) loading in the core, the design of the core configuration is a complex optimization problem.
Also, the critical core configuration, to be used as reference for absolute reactivity measurements, is presented along with its associated reactor physics parameters, calculated by means of Monte Carlo methodologies.
The LEU cores that were studied are of identical core configuration as the current HEU core, except for potential changes in the design of the fuel pins.
