Published 1997 | Version v1
Report

BWR Stability, Impact on fuel behaviour

  • 1. Nuclear Fuel Engineering, Iberdrola, Hermosilla, 3, Madrid (Spain)

Description

The issue of BWR stability has deserved special attention in the last years, since the instability events reported from several reactors. Different approaches are followed in plants to avoid potential unstable conditions and to detect and suppress core power oscillations. Fuel behavior during power oscillations shows that its integrity would be endangered only in the case of extremely high oscillation amplitudes. The characteristics of new fuel designs that can affect to stability are reviewed, as well as the actual trends in the technology related to this subject

Part of:
Proceedings of the specialist meeting on nuclear fuel and control rods: operating experience, design evolution and safety aspects

Additional details

Publishing Information

ISBN
84-87275-78-8
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the specialist meeting on nuclear fuel and control rods: operating experience, design evolution and safety aspects
Imprint Pagination
420 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 43-50
Report number
NEA-CSNI-R--1997-2

Conference

Title
operating experience, design evolution and safety aspects
Acronym
Specialist meeting on nuclear fuel and control rods
Dates
5-7 Nov 1996
Place
Madrid (Spain)

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CSN-COE--10-06