Canadian high burnup fuel experience
- 1. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, ON (Canada). Chalk River Nuclear Labs.
- 2. Ontario Hydro, Toronto, ON (Canada)
Description
All Canada's commercial irradiation experience is with the natural UO2, once-through, fuel cycle. However, AECL has also accumulated a substantial data base for MOX [(U,Pu)O2 and (Th,Pu)O2 and SEU [(≤ 2 wt% U-235(O2]. The data base incorporates normal operating conditions, including power ramps, to burnups in excess of 1000 MW.h/kgHE (40 000 MW.d/TeHE) at a range of linear powers. In the SEU data base is a well-documented program on the advanced annular fuel/graphite disc fuel designs for high power and burnup applications. There is also a significant instrumented irradiation support program based on SEU. The studies have not identified any previously unrecognized life-limiting phenomena which would preclude use of the current standard CANDU fuel design to burnups of at least 600 MW.h/kgHE (25 000 MW.d/TeHE)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the Canadian Nuclear Society sixth annual conference
- Imprint Pagination
- 693 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 6.26-6.32.
- Report number
- INIS-mf--12870
Conference
- Title
- Canadian Nuclear Society 6. annual conference.
- Dates
- 3-4 Jun 1985.
- Place
- Ottawa, ON (Canada).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 22060590
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BURNUP; CANADIAN ORGANIZATIONS; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; E CODES; ENRICHED URANIUM; FUEL ELEMENTS; MIXED OXIDE FUELS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION; THORIUM OXIDES; URANIUM DIOXIDE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SOLID FUELS; TESTING; THERMAL REACTORS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES