Mehboob et al., 2023 - Google Patents
Neutronic analysis of SMART reactor core for (U-Th) O2 and MOX fuel hybrid configurationsMehboob et al., 2023
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- Mehboob K
- Al-Zahrani Y
- Alhusawai A
- Ali M
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- Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
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The SMART reactor core has been analyzed for UO2, mix oxide fuel (MOX) fuel (PuO2 with 3.0 wt% and UO2 with 97.0 wt%), and (U-Th) O2 fuel. The burnup, Doppler reactivity coefficient (DRC), effective multiplication factor (k eff), thermal neutron flux, power peaking …
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