Published 1997 | Version v1
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Canadian fuel development program in 1997/98

Creators

  • 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
  • 2. Ontario Hydro, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
  • 3. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario (Canada)
  • 4. Hydro-Quebec, Gentilly, Quebec (Canada)
  • 5. New Brunswick Power, Point Lepreau, NB (Canada)

Description

This paper describes the CANDU fuel development activities in Canada during 1997 through 1998. The activities include those of the Fuel Technology Program sponsored by the CANDU Owners Group. The goal of the Fuel Technology Program is to maintain and improve the reliability, economics and safety of CANDU fuel in operating reactors. These activities, therefore, concentrate on the present designs of 28-element and 37-element fuel bundles. The Canadian fuel development activities also include those of the Advanced Fuel and Fuel Cycle Technology Program at AECL. These activities concentrate on the development of advanced fuel designs and advanced fuel cycles, which among other advantages, can reduce the capital and fuelling costs, maintain operating margins in aging reactors, improve natural-uranium utilization, and reduce the amount of spent fuel. (author)

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Proceedings of the fifth international conference on CANDU fuel. V.1,2

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Publishing Information

ISBN
0-919784-50-X
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on CANDU fuel. V.1,2
Imprint Pagination
[923 p.]
Journal Page Range
(v.2) p. 29-39
Report number
INIS-CA--0072

Conference

Title
5. International conference on CANDU fuel
Dates
21-25 Sep 1997
Place
Toronto, ON (Canada)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
31006115
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CANDU TYPE REACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR SAFETY; SPENT FUELS; THORIUM CYCLE
Descriptors DEC
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL CYCLE; FUELS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SAFETY; THERMAL REACTORS

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Notes
24 refs., 1 fig.