Published September 1982
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CANDU fuel
Creators
- 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario. Chalk River Nuclear Labs.
- 2. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Sheridan Park, Ontario. Power Projects
Description
The direction of CANDU fuel development was set in 1957 with the decision to build pressure tube reactors. Short - 50 cm long - rodded bundles of natural UO2 clad in Zircaloy were adopted to facilitate on-power fuelling to improve uranium utilization. Progressive improvements were made during 25 years of development, involving 650 man years and 180 million dollars. Today's CANDU bundle is based on the knowledge gained from extensive irradiation testing and experience in power reactors. The main thrust of future development is to demonstrate that the present bundle is suitable, with minor modifications, for thorium fuels
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Subtitle (English)
- Past, present and future
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 38 p.
- Report number
- AECL--7766
Conference
- Title
- IAEA international conference on nuclear power experience.
- Dates
- 13 - 17 Sep 1982.
- Place
- Vienna (Austria).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 14764841
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CORROSION; COST; FABRICATION; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; FUEL CANS; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; FUEL ELEMENT FAILURE; FUEL PELLETS; NEUTRON FLUX; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SPECIFICATIONS; URANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCALOY; ZIRCONIUM HYDRIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ALLOYS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUELS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; RADIATION FLUX; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SIMULATION; THERMAL REACTORS; TIN ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS
Optional Information
- Notes
- French included as AECL--7766F.
- Secondary number(s)
- IAEA-CN--42/143.