Fuel performance and fuel utilization at RAPS - 3 and 4
- 1. TSS, Rajasthan Atomic Power Station -3 and 4 Kota (India)
Description
Rajasthan Atomic Power Station-3 and 4 (RAPS - 3 and 4) is 220 MWe Indian Standard Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (ISPHWR) using 19 elements circular geometry fuel bundle. These fuel bundles are being manufactured by Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC), Hyderabad. These fuel bundles are used at RAPS-3 and 4 reactors to produce energy through nuclear fission. Nuclear fission also produces very high radiation emitting isotopes as well as gaseous fission products. These fission products are require to be retained with in the fuel boundary so that core contamination as well as activity release remains within the acceptable limits. Therefore nuclear fuel production requires very high standards of quality control at NFC. This paper describes the fuel performance and fuel utilization at RAPS-3 and 4
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Nuclear Fuel Complex
- Imprint Place
- Hyderabad (India)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the third international conference on characterization and quality control of nuclear fuels
- Imprint Pagination
- 186 p.
- Journal Page Range
- 1 p.
Conference
- Title
- 3. international conference on characterization and quality control of nuclear fuels
- Acronym
- CQCNF-2009
- Dates
- 18-20 Feb 2009
- Place
- Hyderabad (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 47115968
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FISSION PRODUCTS; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; FUEL ELEMENT FAILURE; NUCLEAR FUELS; RAJASTHAN-3 REACTOR; RAJASTHAN-4 REACTOR; REACTOR CORES
- Descriptors DEC
- CANDU TYPE REACTORS; ENERGY SOURCES; FAILURES; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUELS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS