Published September 1999 | Version v1
Book Metadata-only

MOX fuel performance Belgonucleaire views: today and tomorrow

Creators

  • 1. Belgonucleaire S.A., Avenue Ariane, 4, 1200 Brussels (Belgium)

Description

MOX fabrication and burning in LWRs has reached its industrial maturity. This success results, amongst others, from similarities of UO2 and PuO2 powders properties. Differences between UO2 and MOX are noticed, leading to better PCI resistance for MOX fuel rods owing to MOX lower creep strength, and leading also to slightly larger fission gas release resulting from different power history, radial power distribution and thermal conductivity compared to UO2

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society - ANS
Imprint Place
Jackson Hole, Wyoming (United States)
Imprint Pagination
8 p.

Conference

Title
International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems - Nuclear Technology - Bridging the Millennia
Acronym
Global'99
Dates
29 Aug - 3 Sep 1999
Place
Las Vegas, NV (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
53059408
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CREEP; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FUEL RODS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PERFORMANCE; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; POWDERS; POWER DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; URANIUM DIOXIDE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; EVALUATION; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; SOLID FUELS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES

Optional Information

Notes
13 refs.; available from American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (US)