Published 1995 | Version v1
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Effect of radial power profile on endplate integrity

  • 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, ON (Canada)
  • 2. Electric Power Development Company Limited, Tokyo (Japan)

Description

Differential enrichment of uranium and/or radial gradients of neutron flux generally result in a non-uniform power profile along the radius of a CANDU fuel bundle. This bends the endplates. This paper describes a methodology to assess the resulting elastic/plastic stresses/strains in the endplate. A failure criterion is proposed, along with an illustrative example. (author)

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Conference proceedings of the 4. international conference on CANDU fuel. V. 1,2

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Publishing Information

ISBN
0-919784-53-4
Imprint Title
Conference proceedings of the 4. international conference on CANDU fuel. V. 1,2
Imprint Pagination
830 p.
Journal Page Range
v. 2 [13 p.]
Report number
INIS-CA--0069(v.1,2)

Conference

Title
safe, reliable, economical
Acronym
CANDU fuel
Dates
1-4 Oct 1995
Place
Pembroke, ON (Canada)

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Notes
8 refs., 7 figs.