Published 1988
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Journal article
Advancement in fuel design and manufacturing technologies of NFI
Description
NFI has two works manufacturing PWR fuel; BWR fuel and other types of fuel with a total capacity of 465 ton-U/year and has employees approx. 500. NFI is appreciated as a unique company for supplying both PWR fuel and BWR fuel with excellent quality and carrying out RandD work covering a wide range of areas. NFI has had no leak problems except two occasions both caused by baffle flow in PWRs. As to BWR fuel, approx. 1000 bundles have been manufactured by NFI and used to date and not a single case of failure has occurred
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
- Journal Volume
- 56
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
- Journal Page Range
- 454-461
- ISSN
- 0003-018X
- CODEN
- TANSA
Conference
- Title
- 6. Pacific Basin nuclear conference.
- Dates
- 7-11 Sep 1987.
- Place
- Beijing (China).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20064209
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNABLE POISONS; BURNUP; BWR TYPE REACTORS; FABRICATION; FUEL ELEMENTS; FUEL INTEGRITY; GADOLINIUM OXIDES; LOAD MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PWR TYPE REACTORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REACTIVITY; RESEARCH PROGRAMS
- Descriptors DEC
- CHALCOGENIDES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NEUTRON ABSORBERS; NUCLEAR POISONS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-870905--.