Neutronic Evaluation of Thorium Fuel Used in the Design of Pressurized Water Reactors

Faculty Science Year: 2013
Type of Publication: Theses Pages: 100
Authors:
Al-Sayed Saeed Abdelfattah Mostafa
BibID 11773595
Keywords : Pressurized Water Reactors    
Abstract:
The aim of this work is to study the utilization of thorium-based fuels in the intermediate neutron spectrum of a tight pitch LWR lattices. The analysis was performed using MCNP-5 and the WIMSD5 codes. The potential benefits of using thorium in LWR fuel,
   
     
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