Table 5.
The transmutation rate and support of MAs considering different loading amounts.
| Nuclide | MAs loaded mass (wt%) | Number of MAs pins | Production (g/cycle) |
Transmutation (g/cycle) |
TR (%/cycle) |
SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237Np | 0.5 | 96 | 1610.88 | 617.35 | 12.34 | 0.38 |
| 1.0 | 192 | 1605.22 | 1320.97 | 13.19 | 0.82 | |
| 1.5 | 288 | 1609.72 | 1962.09 | 13.07 | 1.22 | |
| 2.0 | 384 | 1615.24 | 2747.26 | 13.72 | 1.71 | |
| 241Am | 0.5 | 96 | 10,024.54 | 5175.97 | 14.41 | 0.52 |
| 1.0 | 192 | 10,030.30 | 11,002.76 | 15.32 | 1.10 | |
| 1.5 | 288 | 10,035.65 | 16,360.35 | 15.18 | 1.63 | |
| 2.0 | 384 | 10,045.30 | 22,804.89 | 15.88 | 2.27 | |
| 243Am | 0.5 | 96 | 9356.28 | 3786.67 | 12.67 | 0.40 |
| 1.0 | 192 | 9296.34 | 8054.14 | 13.47 | 0.86 | |
| 1.5 | 288 | 9229.32 | 11,969.79 | 13.34 | 1.27 | |
| 2.0 | 384 | 9143.71 | 16,693.86 | 13.96 | 1.78 | |
| 244Cm | 0.5 | 96 | 1129.10 | − 2801.58 | − 94.36 | − 2.48 |
| 1.0 | 192 | 1105.55 | − 5937.21 | − 99.99 | − 5.26 | |
| 1.5 | 288 | 1083.40 | − 8816.30 | − 98.98 | − 7.81 | |
| 2.0 | 384 | 1063.38 | − 12,253.69 | − 103.18 | − 10.85 | |
| 245Cm | 0.5 | 96 | 34.71 | − 201.10 | − 278.70 | − 5.79 |
| 1.0 | 192 | 33.33 | − 441.62 | − 306.02 | − 12.72 | |
| 1.5 | 288 | 32.07 | − 648.90 | − 299.77 | − 18.69 | |
| 2.0 | 384 | 31.19 | − 923.99 | − 320.14 | − 26.62 |