大型先进压水堆中次锕系核素嬗变特性

随着核电事业的快速发展,核电厂卸载的乏燃料越来越多。如何处置核电站乏燃料中的次锕系核素（MA）既是核燃料再利用的重要过程,又是闭式循环中的关键步骤。如果处置得当,不仅可以提高燃料的利用率,而且可以将MA变成同位素燃料电池、中子源等有用的核素。国际上认可的处置方法是分离-嬗变,但是嬗变MA的难点是嬗变堆型的选取和如何提高嬗变率。压水堆(PWR)是国内外最成熟的堆型和商业运行的主要堆型,也是现阶段最具有可能进行MA嬗变的堆型。于是,本文利用MCNP程序研究了压水堆嬗变MA的特性,通过研究MA嬗变棒的设计、添加位置和添加量等对压水堆堆芯有效增殖因子的影响,初步探索出最佳的压水堆嬗变MA的设计方案,为我国现阶段进行压水堆嬗变MA奠定了理论基础。     

混合堆共生系统核燃料循环模式情景研究

为计算混合堆在未来燃料循环过程中起到的作用,进行了混合堆共生系统物料平衡计算。根据我国核电发展现状和中长期发展规划及中长期(2030年、2050年)发展战略研究,并充分考虑了我国经济发展速度、人口数量和人均用电量,计算得到了2100年之前,我国核电机组装机容量。假定不同堆型搭配的混合堆共生系统核燃料循环的4种情景并建立对应的物料平衡模型进行计算。计算结果表明,压水堆、混合堆和快堆共生模式能最大限度的减少天然铀的需求和节约乏燃料处置费用。     

我国快堆技术发展和核能可持续应用

 一、前言
快中子堆(简称快堆)是主要以平均中子能量0.08～0.1MeV 的快中子引起裂变链式反应的反应堆。快中子堆的主要特点是,在堆运行时,新产生的易裂变核燃料,如钚,能多于消耗掉的易裂变核燃料钚或235U,即增殖比大于1,易裂变核燃料得到增殖,因此又称为快中子增殖反应堆。运行中真正消耗的是天然铀中不易裂变,且丰度占99.2%以上的238U。快堆的乏燃料(即运行后出堆的燃料)经后处理,所得钚返回堆内再烧,多余的钚则用于装载新的快堆。如此封闭并无限次循环则对铀资源的利用率可从单单发展压水堆的1%左右提高到60%～70%。     

聚变-裂变混合堆系统在能源战略中的地位及其设计中若干问题的分析

简要描述聚变-裂变混合堆在长期能源发展战略中的地位,着重计算分析具有不同类型的聚变堆芯和包层的混合堆生产电能和可裂变核燃料的能力,研究不同类型聚变-裂变混合堆与其支持的卫星堆(如压水堆)组合燃料循环系统生产电能的能力.指出以天然铀或贫化铀为燃料,水冷却的包层设计是一种经济可行、技术风险较小的设计方案.     

177堆芯24个月换料可行性研究

与18个月换料相比,压水堆核电站24个月换料能减少大修次数,提高机组负荷因子,增加发电量。基于装载177组件的堆芯,通过提高新燃料组件富集度和增加批换料组件数使堆芯循环长度达到24个月换料周期要求,考虑实际24个月换料和名义24个月换料高低两种电厂可利用因子。考虑燃料组件费用、大修费用、乏燃料处理费用和发电收益等进行换料方案经济性分析评估,并和典型18个月换料经济性作比较。177堆芯平衡循环装载88组富集度为4.95%的燃料组件,能满足名义24个月换料循环长度的需要,组件平均卸料燃耗约48 GWd/tU;装载104个燃料组件的堆芯能满足实际24个换料循环长度的要求,堆芯参数满足相关安全限值要求。结果表明,177堆芯24个月换料具有可行性,其高负荷因子下的经济性与18个月换料相当。     

铅冷快堆M2LFR-1000堆芯燃料管理方案设计

堆芯燃料管理是反应堆设计中极为重要而且复杂的工作,直接影响着堆芯的经济性。目前国内外对于压水堆等传统热堆已有了较为丰富和成熟的燃料管理计算方法,但对于快堆,由于其中子能谱硬,与传统热堆相比有着不同的控制方式和功率分布,快堆的堆芯燃料管理缺乏系统研究。针对中国科学技术大学自主研发的强迫循环冷却的铅基快堆M2LFR-1000,应用SRAC/COREBN软件包进行堆芯燃耗计算,根据燃耗深度提取核素核子密度,计算伪平衡循环参数进行燃料管理预估,然后进行首循环装料、过渡循环和平衡循环燃料管理方案设计。结果表明:对M2LFR-1000堆芯外区燃料换料组件Pu的富集度进行优化,可以延长换料周期到540 d,提高平均卸料燃耗深度;伪平衡循环结果与平衡循环基本一致,伪平衡循环可以用于燃料管理预估。     

冯开明先进燃料靶惯性约束聚变的燃耗和增益

计算了球形均匀冯开明先进燃料靶惯性约束聚变(ICF)的燃耗和增益。讨论了这种堆系统的能量平衡。设计了一种新型的由毛细管阵列组成具有抗辐射损伤、可自动更新的液悉金属锂自由表面多孔漫璧。用它取出聚变能。同时与D-T热核燃料靶系统的燃耗和增益及它们不同的堆工程特性作了比较。     

D-3He先进燃料靶惯性约束聚变的燃耗和增益

计算了球形均匀D-3He先进燃料靶惯性约束聚变(ICF)的燃耗和增益。讨论了这种堆系统的能量平 衡。设计了一种新型的由毛细管阵列组成具有抗辐射损伤、可自动更新的液态金属锂自由表面多孔湿壁,用它取 出聚变能。同时与D-T热核燃料靶系统的燃耗和增益及它们不同的堆工程特性作了比较。     

跨临界CO2热泵循环能效、经济性与环境性分析

为研究不同循环初始投资成本、生命周期成本及环境影响因子的区别,以及不同循环在不同运行工况下的性能。建立单级CO₂热泵循环(SSHP)、带回热器的单级CO₂热泵循环(SSICHP)、双级CO₂热泵循环(TSHP)、带回热器的双级CO₂热泵循环(TSICHP)的热力学、经济性和环境性模型,并建立多目标综合评价体系。结果表明：SSICHP、TSHP、TSICHP的热力学性能及环境影响因子较SSHP有所提升,双级压缩的能效比较单级压缩提高15%以上,但初始投资成本增加;在SSHP和TSHP中加入回热器后,初始投资成本分别降低2%、6.6%,生命周期成本分别降低5%、11.2%;SSICHP的经济性较好,TSICHP的能效比及环境性较好。     

关于压水堆产武器级钚的模拟计算

防止核扩散是国际社会共同努力的目标,其中武器级核材料的防扩散是重中之重.钚是反应堆的副产品,如果不计较经济效益,利用铀为核燃料的反应堆都可以生产武器级钚.本文基于日本Takahama-3压水堆建立了五个模型,并进行中子和燃耗计算,得到两种燃料棒产武器级钚的条件、燃料棒轴向的燃耗分布、组件内燃料棒燃耗的变化区间和全堆芯燃料棒径向燃耗分布.基于上述模型和计算数据给出压水堆堆芯内含有武器级钚的准确位置和UO_2燃料棒中武器级钚的产量.这种低燃耗的乏燃料给国际核不扩散带来了巨大风险,国际社会应该加强对此类乏燃料的监管.     

Use of IR Absorption Laser Spectroscopy at Nuclear Fuel Cycle Plants: Problems and Prospects (Review)

The main stages of the nuclear fuel cycle from extraction of uranium ores to disposal of radioactive waste resulting from the processing of spent nuclear fuel were briefly analyzed. A list of the most probable radioactive substances and toxic chemicals that can be part of emergency emissions at each stage of the nuclear fuel cycle was composed. The basic physical principles of local and remote IR absorption laser technologies for detecting radioactive substances and toxic chemicals in the atmosphere for solving some unique problems of environmental monitoring were considered. The analytical potential of the currently most effective laser technologies for atmospheric monitoring at nuclear fuel cycle plants based on the achievements of diode laser spectroscopy, cavity ringdown laser spectroscopy, and optoacoustic laser spectroscopy using diode and quantum-cascade lasers was discussed. Current trends in the development of laser technologies for atmospheric monitoring in different IR spectral ranges were analyzed.     

次临界能源堆物理设计进展

聚变-裂变混合能源堆包括聚变中子源和次临界能源堆,主要目标是生产电能。回顾了国内外混合堆的发展历史,给出混合能源堆设计的边界条件和约束条件,说明次临界能源堆以铀锆合金为燃料、水为冷却剂的设计思想。利用输运燃耗耦合程序MCORGS计算了混合能源的燃耗,给出了中子有效增殖因数、能量放大倍数和氚增殖比等物理量随时间的变化。通过分析能谱和重要核素随燃耗时间的变化,说明混合能源堆与核燃料增殖、核废料嬗变混合堆的不同特点。论述了混合堆的热工设计并进行了安全分析。对于燃耗数值模拟程序,通过多家对算,保证其计算结果的可信性。针对次临界能源堆的特点,利用贫铀球壳建立了贫铀聚乙烯装置和贫铀LiH装置,并且专门设计加工了天然铀装置,开展铀裂变率、造钚率、产氚率等中子学积分实验,验证了数值模拟的可靠性。     

Hybrid fusion reactor for production of nuclear fuel with minimum radioactive contamination of the fuel cycle

The paper presents the results of the system research on the coordinated development of nuclear and fusion power engineering in the current century. Considering the increasing problems of resource procurement, including limited natural uranium resources, it seems reasonable to use fusion reactors as high-power neutron sources for production of nuclear fuel in a blanket. It is shown that the share of fusion sources in this structural configuration of the energy system can be relatively small. A fundamentally important aspect of this solution to the problem of closure of the fuel cycle is that recycling of highly active spent fuel can be abandoned. Radioactivity released during the recycling of the spent fuel from the hybrid reactor blanket is at least two orders of magnitude lower than during the production of the same number of fissile isotopes after the recycling of the spent fuel from a fast reactor.     

Advantages of Production of New Fissionable Nuclides for the Nuclear Power Industry in Hybrid Fusion-Fission Reactors

A concept of a large-scale nuclear power engineering system equipped with fusion and fission reactors is presented. The reactors have a joint fuel cycle, which imposes the lowest risk of the radiation impact on the environment. The formation of such a system is considered within the framework of the evolution of the current nuclear power industry with the dominance of thermal reactors, gradual transition to the thorium fuel cycle, and integration into the system of the hybrid fusion-fission reactors for breeding nuclear fuel for fission reactors. Such evolution of the nuclear power engineering system will allow preservation of the existing structure with the dominance of thermal reactors, enable the reprocessing of the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) with low burnup, and prevent the dangerous accumulation of minor actinides. The proposed structure of the nuclear power engineering system minimizes the risk of radioactive contamination of the environment and the SNF reprocessing facilities, decreasing it by more than one order of magnitude in comparison with the proposed scheme of closing the uranium–plutonium fuel cycle based on the reprocessing of SNF with high burnup from fast reactors.     

基于数据库进行乏燃料鉴别的多元统计分析研究

近年来,随着国际核军控形势的变化,包含防扩散、防核恐及核安保的多边国际军控合作越来越受到重视.核取证技术作为防扩散、防核恐及核安保的一项核心技术,在对涉核非法活动的威慑、阻止以及响应方面具有重要作用,值得深入研究.目前针对核取证技术的研究较多,主要集中于材料的表征和数据的解读.其中解读作为核取证研究技术中最重要的一环,所面对的对象是多种多样的,包括铀矿石、黄饼、核燃料、乏燃料等,而其中乏燃料由于其潜在的威胁越来越受到重视.本文聚焦于在核取证场景中利用多元统计分析方法进行乏燃料鉴别的研究,主要是利用因子分析、判别分析和回归分析方法对乏燃料组分进行分析,研究各方法的适用范围,并为未来可能的利用数据库进行乏燃料鉴别的工作提供理论依据与可行方案,为相关核取证溯源工作的顺利开展提供支撑.     

On the role of fusion neutron source with thorium blanket in forming the nuclide composition of the nuclear fuel cycle of the Russian Federation

The possible role of available thorium resources of the Russian Federation in utilization of thorium in the closed (U–Pu)-fuel cycle of nuclear power is considered. The efficiency of application of fusion neutron sources with thorium blanket for economical use of available thorium resources is demonstrated. The objective of this study is the search for a solution of such major tasks of nuclear power as reduction of the amount of front-end operations in the nuclear fuel cycle and enhancement of its protection against uncontrolled proliferation of fissile materials with the smallest possible alterations in the fuel cycle. The earlier results are analyzed, new information on the amount of thorium resources of the Russian Federation is used, and additional estimates are made. The following basic results obtained on the basis of the assumption of involving fusion reactors with Th-blanket in future nuclear power for generation of the light uranium fraction ^232+233+234U and ²³¹Pa are formulated. (1) The fuel cycle would shift from fissile ²³⁵U to ²³³U, which is more attractive for thermal power reactors. (2) The light uranium fraction is the most “protected” in the uranium fuel component, and being mixed with regenerated uranium, it would become reduced-enrichment uranium fuel, which would relieve the problem of nonproliferation of the fissile material. (3) The addition of ²³¹Pa into the fuel would stabilize its neutron-multiplying properties, thus making it possible to implement a long fuel residence time and, as a consequence, increase the export potential of the whole nuclear power technology. (4) The available thorium resource in the vicinity of Krasnoufimsk is sufficient for operation of the large-scale nuclear power industry of the Russian Federation with an electric power of 70 GW for more than one quarter of a century. The general conclusion is that involvement of a small number of fusion reactors with Th-blanket in the future nuclear power industry of the Russian Federation would to a large extent solve its problems and increase its export potential.     

铀-钍混合燃料反应堆的可行性分析

分析了以铀为燃料的核电系统的弊端、钍燃料反应堆的理论技术依据和世界范围内钍燃料反应堆的研究状况。提出在我国开发利用钍资源,建立铀．钍混合燃料反应堆具有的独特优势,建议应加大钍资源开发人力物力投入,改变我国核电利用水平落后和钍资源流失之现状。Nuclear energy is a preferred option for electric power generation. The disadvantages of the current uranium-dioxide （UO2 ） fuel in nuclear power were presented and the reactor using the mixed thorium dioxide and uranium dioxide fuel （ ThO2-UO2 ） in the near future was foretold. A proposal to strengthen the research cooperation on the use of the thorium mineral resources in china was put forward.