Published February 1985 | Version v1
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All zirconium tubes to be replaced at Pickering units 1 and 2

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Necessity of complete replacement of zirconium fuel channels at the Pickering-1 and Pickering-2 reactors near Toronto is substantiated. It is concluded that the fuel channel failure resulted from enhanced hydrogenation and hydride swellings due to the contact, between a calender tube an a fuel channel. It is noted that after fuel channel replacement the Pickering NPP will have two reactors renewed to a considerable degree

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Original title (Russian)
Замена циркониевых труб на AEhS ''пикерингь

Publishing Information

Journal Title
At. Tekh. Rubezhom
Journal Issue
no.2
Series
At. Tekh. Rubezhom.
ISSN
0320-9326
CODEN
ATRUA

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
USSR
INIS RN
17023027
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
CRACKS; FUEL CHANNELS; LOSS OF COOLANT; PICKERING-1 REACTOR; PICKERING-2 REACTOR; REPAIR; TUBES; ZIRCONIUM
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; ELEMENTS; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; METALS; NATURAL URANIUM REACTORS; PHWR TYPE REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR CHANNELS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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Notes
Abridged translation from English: Nuclear Engineering International, 1984, v. 29(355), p. 15-20.