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<strong>JAEA</strong>-<strong>Conf</strong> <strong>2011</strong>-<strong>002</strong><br />

approximately 0.89 in thermal region below 1.8554eV.<br />

The effects on the infinite multiplication factors of fuel assemblies are 0.35%k and 0.30%k<br />

respectively in the UO2 and MOX fuel assembly at the beginning of burnup, decrease with<br />

burnup and extinguish at 15GWd/t.<br />

Effects on fission rate distributions due to the change of 157Gd cross sections reveals mainly<br />

at the beginning of life. The maximum effects on fission rates in Gd rods are 1.1% and 1.5%<br />

in MOX and UO2 fuel assembly, respectively. The effects extinguish at 15GWd/t.<br />

Accurate cross section evaluation of Gd isotopes, especially 157Gd and 155Gd (although<br />

not discussed in this paper) are very important in BWR nuclear fuel assembly design. More<br />

improvement needs to be done in the future study.<br />

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