NUKLEONIKA 2006, 51(3):161-167

COMPUTATION OF CONCENTRATION CHANGES OF HEAVY METALS IN THE FUEL ASSEMPLIES WITH 1.6% ENRICHMENT BY ORIGEN CODE FOR VVER-1000

Mohammad Rahgoshay

Department of Nuclear Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran


ORIGEN code is a widely used computer code for calculating the buildup, decay, and processing of radioactive materials. During the past few years, a sustained effort was undertaken by ORNL to update the original ORIGEN code [4] and its associated data bases. The results of this effort were updated on the reactor model, cross section, fission product yields, decay data, decay photon data and the ORIGEN computer code itself. In this paper we have obtained concentration changes of uranium and plutonium isotopes by ORIGEN code at different burn-up and then the results have been compared with VVER-1000 results in the first fuel cycle for fuel assemblies with 1.6% enrichment in the BUSHEHR Nuclear Power Plant.