Published 1993
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Journal article
French PWRs: In-core fuel management evolution and future direction
Creators
- 1. Electricite de France, Villeurbanne (France)
- 2. Electricite de France, Paris (France)
Description
French pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel management has been carried out until now with the objective of cycle cost reduction. This paper presents the feasibility study of an 18 month cycle for 1300-MW PWRs, three-batch fuel management with 4.00% enrichment, performed by EdF in 1992; the qualifications of core calculation methodology with gadolinia integrated burnable neutron absorbers through the Gedeon critical experiment carried out in the Melusine reactor in Grenoble; and the progress in core calculational methods, which were carried out to determine core safety with the increase in cycle length to 18 months
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
- Journal Volume
- 69
- Journal Page Range
- p. 449-450.
- ISSN
- 0003-018X
- CODEN
- TANSAO
Conference
- Title
- American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting.
- Dates
- 14-18 Nov 1993.
- Place
- San Francisco, CA (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 26026068
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNABLE POISONS; BURNUP; FUEL MANAGEMENT; GADOLINIUM; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; NEUTRON ABSORBERS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR FUELING; REACTOR SAFETY
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUELS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POISONS; POWER REACTORS; RARE EARTHS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SOLID FUELS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-931160--.