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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Jae Seung Song, Nam Zin Cho
Nuclear Technology | Volume 119 | Number 2 | August 1997 | Pages 105-111
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT97-A35379
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An axial xenon oscillation model is developed for pressurized water reactor analysis. The model employs an equation system for axial difference parameters that is derived from xenon and iodine balance equations coupled with two-group, one-dimensional neutron diffusion equations. To treat nonlinear xenon-flux-coupled terms, the spatial distributions of xenon, iodine, and flux are expanded by the Fourier sine series. The equation with respect to the axial difference parameters can be analytically solved with the initial condition related to axial power difference, which can be measured in the reactor. The axial power difference variation during xenon oscillation is directly obtained, and it provides a prediction of xenon oscillation behavior. The accuracy of the model is verified by benchmark calculations with a three-dimensional reference core calculation code and measured data from a core startup test at Yonggwang Unit 3.
