Published 1995 | Version v1
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An evaluation of LWR fuel performance: Current successes and problems

  • 1. S.M. Stoller Energietechnik GmbH, Nuernberg (Germany)
  • 2. S.M. Stoller Corp., Pleasantville, NJ (United States)

Description

For BWR fuel there is a clear trend to 9x9 and 10x10 arrays. Today's PWR fuel market focuses mainly on the 17x17 fuel assembly arrays. Considerable progress has been achieved with BWR and PWR fuel with respect to fuel reliability, increased discharge burnup, improved thermal margins, and operational flexibility. The most important technological problems still facing fuel vendors relate to failures due to severe secondary degradation (BWR) and grid-to-rod fetting (PWR). (HP)

Part of:
TOPFUEL '95. Transactions. Vol. 1. Invited papers

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Inforum Verl.
Imprint Place
Bonn (Germany)
ISBN
3-926956-27-5
Imprint Title
TOPFUEL '95. Transactions. Vol. 1. Invited papers
Imprint Pagination
332 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 219-251.

Conference

Title
International ENS/KTG topical meeting on nuclear fuel (Topfuel '95).
Dates
12-15 Mar 1995.
Place
Wuerzburg (Germany).

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Loose-leaf edition.