High burnup effects in WWER fuel rods
Creators
- 1. RRC Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, Dimitrovqrad (Russian Federation)
Description
Since 1987 at the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, the examinations of the WWER spent fuel assemblies has been carried out. These investigations are aimed to gain information on WWER spent fuel conditions in order to validate the fuel assemblies use during the 3 and 4 year fuel cycle in the WWER-440 and WWER-1000 units. At present time, the aim is to reach an average fuel burnup of 55 MWd/kgU. According to this aim, a new investigation program on the WWER spent fuel elements is started. The main objectives of this program are to study the high burnup effects and their influence on the WWER fuel properties. This paper presented the main statistical values of the WWER-440 and WWER-1000 reactors' fuel assemblies and their fragment parameters. Average burnup of fuel in the investigated fuel assemblies was in the range of 13 to 49.7 MWd/kgU. In this case, the numer of fuel cycles was from 1 to 4 during operation of the fuel assemblies
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Twenty-third water reactor safety information meeting: Volume 1, plenary session, high burnup fuel behavior, thermal hydraulic research. Proceedings
- Imprint Pagination
- 265 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 81-92.
- Report number
- NUREG/CP--0149-Vol.1
Conference
- Title
- 23. water reactor safety information meeting.
- Dates
- 23-25 Oct 1995.
- Place
- Bethesda, MD (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 27068636
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNUP; DIAGRAMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL RODS; IMAGES; WWER-3 REACTOR; WWER-5 REACTOR
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WWER TYPE REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-9510156--Vol.1.