Published 1985 | Version v1
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Concept, development and reliability of French CO2-cooled reactor fuel elements

Creators

  • 1. CEA-DEDR-CEN/Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, Cedex (France)

Description

The natural uranium-graphite-gas reactor series consists of 8 power plants in France, 6 of which are still in operation, and one reactor in Spain. The first, Marcoule G.2, whose first criticality took place in 1958 and that was shut down on February 1st 1980, had a capacity of 40 MWe. The last one to start up in 1972, BUGEY 1, is 540 MWe net. Improvements of the nuclear steam supply system have been accompanied by successive transformations of the fuel elements which have now reached a high degree of reliability

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Specialists' meeting on gas-cooled reactor fuel development and spent fuel treatment

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Imprint Title
Specialists' meeting on gas-cooled reactor fuel development and spent fuel treatment
Imprint Pagination
412 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 51-55
Report number
IWGGCR--8

Conference

Title
Specialists' meeting on gas-cooled reactor fuel development and spent fuel treatment
Dates
18-21 Oct 1983
Place
Moscow (Russian Federation)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
31049616
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
BUGEY-1 REACTOR; CEA MARCOULE; DESIGN; FRANCE; FUEL ELEMENTS; GCR TYPE REACTORS; RELIABILITY; SPAIN; STEAM SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
CARBON DIOXIDE COOLED REACTORS; CEA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EUROPE; FRENCH ORGANIZATIONS; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GCR TYPE REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE

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