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Heterogeneous fuel assembly calculations

NuScale

SBU

$V_m/V_f$ seed

-

1.70

$V_m/V_f$ blanket

-

2.71

Power (W)

4.32 x 10⁶

4.32 x 10⁶

CR (BOC)

0.35 ± 0.00

0.48 ± 0.00

CR (EOC)

0.44 ± 0.00

0.52 ± 0.00

U-235 cycle consumption (kg)

3.13

3.22

$k_{\infty }$ (BOC)

1.42334 ± 0.00009

1.26341 ± 0.00010

$k_{\infty }$ (EOC)

1.21322 ± 0.00011

1.16182 ± 0.00011

${\beta }_{eff}$ (BOC)

0.00682 ± 0.00017

0.00675 ± 0.00017

${\beta }_{eff}$ (EOC)

0.00583 ± 0.00019

0.00573 ± 0.00020

U-233 production (kg)

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1.00