Full MOX core for ABWR
- 1. Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, Kanagawa (Japan)
Description
The Japan Atomic Energy Commission has announced the construction plan for an advanced boiling-water reactor (ABWR) with a full MOX (mixed oxide) core instead of ATR. Increased MOX fuel utilization will result in greater savings of uranium ore. A full MOX core for a power plant requires flexibility in MOX fuel utilization, steadiness, and economical operation. We have proposed the optimum full MOX core design for an ABWR based on the MOX fuel and core technologies that we have developed over a period of many years, as well as our considerable experience in uranium fuel and cores. Our full MOX core design for an ABWR has good core characteristics and safety performance with no change in the basic design specifications of the current ABWR. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Toshiba Rebyu
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Journal Page Range
- p. 67-70.
- ISSN
- 0372-0462
- CODEN
- TORBAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 28001899
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNUP; BWR TYPE REACTORS; DESIGN; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; MULTIPLICATION FACTORS; POWER DENSITY; REACTOR CORES; REACTOR FUELING; REACTOR LATTICES; REACTOR SHUTDOWN
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SHUTDOWN; SOLID FUELS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS