Neutronics Designs of the Indonesian Experimental Power Reactor/RDE (Comprehensive Review and Future Challenges) tract Liem Peng Hong 1,2 * and Donny Hartanto 3
1 Nippon Advanced Information Service (NAIS Co., Inc.), 416 Muramatsu, Tokaimura,
Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan
2 Tokyo City University, Cooperative Major in Nuclear Energy, Graduate School of
Engineering, 1-28-1 Tamazutsumi, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
3 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Abstract
In this paper, several design results of the 10 MWth Reaktor Daya
Eksperimental (RDE) (Experimental Power Reactor), so far conducted, are
reviewed and compared from the neutronics, reactor types, refuelling schemes,
and fuel cycle points of view. The review covers the multipass and once-through
then-out (OTTO) pebble-bed cores, as well as block/prismatic type cores with
several fuel shuffling options. As for the fuel cycle, the uranium and thorium fuels
are considered. The fuel burnup performance and power distribution are
evaluated and compared among other important design parameters. Reactor
physics codes, nuclear data libraries, and calculation models & procedures used
for the design and analysis are reviewed and challenges for future improvements
are discussed.
Keywords: RDE, OTTO
Topic: Theoretical and Computational Nuclear Physics
