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the specific burnup value for | year’s operation of a 1000-MW electricity nuclear
power reactor with overall efficiency of 33%. The initial U-235 content in the fuel loading is
2800 kg. The remainder is U-238 and the initial enrichment is 0.03. Also Calculate the
‘burnup fraction assuming that U-235 fission is the only source of heat in the reactor and the
its energy production is 1.3 grams/ MWd
Fractional burnup B= number of fissions/initial number of heavy atoms (6 points)
1. Cale
Briefly state the function of each of the following components in a reactor: the fuel, the
moderator, the coolant, the reflector, the control rods, thermal shield, and the containment.
. (4 points)
I. Heat energy qenemléd un one Year
= 100, B65 A, = AA x10* Mw
~ 0-33 yer -2 tonnes
2802 — 43333 k9 = 93
e038 3
= nS xe MW [penne
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Te delermine 2, Ferd Specepre fourniep of 0-235
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me Bz FEEME = oelst = 15;
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Component | Function 7
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reaction: .
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maintacn Critical tg”
af stresses
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etween Yaclioactive materials
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crnment | Sl SS