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Study on Production of Carbon-14 in Successive Fuel Cycles in Pressurized Water Reactor

Authors
Yan Wu1, Xiaqing Shi1, Pengtao Fu1, *
1China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, 518026, China
*Corresponding author. Email: fupengtao@cgnpc.com.cn
Corresponding Author
Pengtao Fu
Available Online 24 December 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-606-2_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
C-14; production; pressurized water reactor
Abstract

Carbon 14 (C-14) is one of the most important radionuclides in radioactive gaseous effluents from nuclear power plants. The C-14 emissions of nuclear power plants at home and abroad are statistically analyzed based on the operation data traditionally. In the paper, the generation mechanism of C-14 from nuclear power plants are introduced. Based on a 1000 MWe pressurized water reactor, a three-dimensional core model was established by a Monte Carlo neutron transport program, and the multi-group neutron flux rate in each irradiation region of the successive fuel cycles of the pressurized water reactor was got. Then the production of C-14 of these fuel cycles are obtained. The results show that the C-14 production of the first and second cycles are higher than that of the subsequent cycles, especially for the first cycle, which is 18% higher than the equilibrium cycle.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2024 6th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Environment Resources and Energy Materials (CCESEM 2024)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
24 December 2024
ISBN
978-94-6463-606-2
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-606-2_8How to use a DOI?
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© 2024 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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