Design, Development and Installation of Jordan Subcritical Assembly
Author
Source
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Abstract EN
Following its announcement in 2007 to pursue a nuclear power program and in the absence of any nuclear facility essential for the education, training, and research, Jordan decided to build a subcritical reactor as its first nuclear facility.
Jordan Subcritical Assembly (JSA) is uranium fueled light water moderated and reflected subcritical reactor driven by a plutonium-beryllium source, and the core consists of 313 LEU fuel rods, loaded into a water-filled vessel in a square lattice of 19.11 mm pitch.
The fuel rods are based on PWR fuel structural pattern type, made of uranium oxide (UO2) with 3.4 wt% 235U enrichment in zirconium alloy (Zr-4) cladding.
Design, optimization, and verification were performed using MCNP5 nuclear code; the computed effective multiplication factor (Keff) is 0.95923.
The JSA is designed to fulfill the training needs of students and is equipped to perform all of the fundamental experiments required for a typical nuclear engineering university program.
This paper presents the design, development, modeling, core analysis, and utilization of Jordan’s first nuclear facility and why this simplified low cost reactor presents an attractive choice to fulfill the preliminary experimental needs of nuclear engineering education in developing countries.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Xoubi, Ned. 2013. Design, Development and Installation of Jordan Subcritical Assembly. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Xoubi, Ned. Design, Development and Installation of Jordan Subcritical Assembly. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Xoubi, Ned. Design, Development and Installation of Jordan Subcritical Assembly. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-453802