Published 2010 | Version v1
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CANDU fuel rod behavior during dry storage

  • 1. Univ. Nacional de Cuyo, Inst. Balseiro, Bariloche (Argentina)
  • 2. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Bariloche (Argentina)

Description

The BaCo code was applied to simulate the behavior for a PHWR fuel under storage conditions showing a strong dependence on the original design of the fuel and the irradiation history. In particular, the result of the statistical analysis of BaCo indicates that the integrity of the fuel is determined by the manufacture tolerances and the solicitations during the NPP irradiation. The main conclusion of the present study is that the fuel temperature of the device should be carefully controlled in order to ensure safe storage conditions. (author)

Part of:
Flexible fuel for the future. 11th international conference on CANDU fuel

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Canadian Nuclear Society
Imprint Place
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Imprint Title
Flexible fuel for the future. 11th international conference on CANDU fuel
Imprint Pagination
60.9 Megabytes
Journal Page Range
[12 p.]

Conference

Title
11. International conference on CANDU fuel
Dates
17-20 Oct 2010
Place
Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
47028606
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; SPENT FUEL STORAGE
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; MATERIALS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SIMULATION; STORAGE; THERMAL REACTORS

Optional Information

Notes
15 refs.,19 figs.