Published 2008 | Version v1
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Activities of R and D on erbia-bearing super high burnup fuel

Creators

  • 1. Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd., Kumatori, Osaka (Japan)
  • 2. Osaka Univ., Suita, Osaka (Japan)
  • 3. Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Aichi (Japan)
  • 4. Kyoto Univ., Kumatori, Osaka (Japan)
  • 5. Nuclear Engineering, Ltd., Osaka (Japan)

Description

Development of the erbia (Er2O3)-bearing super high burnup (Er-SHB) fuel for LWRs has been launched in FY2005 under co-operation with Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd., Nuclear Engineering, Ltd., Kyoto University, Osaka University and Nagoya University. This project is subsidized by the Innovative and Viable Nuclear Energy Technology (IVNET) development framework of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan. The Er-SHB fuel aims to extend discharge burnup by increasing 235U enrichment higher than 5wt%, which is common limitation for current LWR fuels. A proper amount of erbia is mixed into all UO2 powder to accommodate criticality safety issues. The present paper summarizes current development status of the Er-SHB fuel. (author)

Part of:
The 16th pacific basin nuclear conference. Pacific partnership toward a sustainable nuclear future

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
Imprint Place
Tokyo (Japan)
Imprint Title
The 16th pacific basin nuclear conference. Pacific partnership toward a sustainable nuclear future
Imprint Pagination
[2022 p.]
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]

Conference

Title
16. pacific basin nuclear conference
Acronym
16PBNC
Dates
13-18 Oct 2008
Place
Aomori (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
40103116
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BURNUP EXTENSION; CRITICALITY; ERBIUM OXIDES; KUCA REACTOR; MIXTURES; MODERATELY ENRICHED URANIUM; MULTIPLICATION FACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWDERS; REACTIVITY WORTHS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; URANIUM OXIDES; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; BURNUP; CHALCOGENIDES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS; FUELS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; URANIUM; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ZERO POWER REACTORS

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Notes
This CD-ROM can be used for WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/VISTA, MACINTOSH; Acrobat Reader is included; Data in PDF format, Folder Name FullPaper, Paper ID P16P1138.pdf; 5 refs., 9 figs.