Published 1987 | Version v1
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High-burnup experience at Farley 1 and Point Beach 2

Creators

  • 1. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Nuclear Fuel Div., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)

Description

The economical use of fuel resources and spent-fuel storage benefits have encouraged the extension of fuel burnup. Westinghouse has conducted several fuel performance development programs to confirm the operational reliability of fuel at extended burnup. These programs have included both bounding duty evaluations in test reactors and standard production fuel assembly irradiations in commercial pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The optimized fuel assembly (OFA) high-burnup demonstration program, which included irradiating a total of ten OFA demonstration assemblies at four separate reactor sites, is a key element of the fuel assembly irradiation program

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Journal Volume
54
Journal Issue
1
Series
Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
Journal Page Range
91
ISSN
0003-018X
CODEN
TANSA

Conference

Title
13. American Nuclear Society international meeting on nuclear power plant operation.
Dates
30 Aug - 3 Sep 1987.
Place
Chicago, IL (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20057322
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ECONOMICS; FUEL RODS; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PILOT PLANTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; RELIABILITY; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; TEST REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUELS; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; MATERIALS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; STORAGE; TEST FACILITIES; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-870837--.