CANDU type fuel activities in Argentina
Creators
- 1. Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (Argentina)
- 2. NA-SA Embaise Power Station (Argentina)
Description
Domestic fuel performance in Embalse NPP during the last two years has been excellent without a significant occurrence of fuel failures. The defect rate level was reasonably low with a lowest value of 0.02 % in 2002. The implementation of fuel design optimizations to increase uranium content was fully completed by the end of year 2000. The in-reactor performance was not affected and shows the high degree of maturity reached for both the design and the manufacturing procedures and capabilities. A feasibility study for the utilization of SEU in Embalse NPP mainly conducted by NA-SA and AECL is almost completed. Some fuel related activities are still in progress. As part of them fuel behavior simulations using simplified power histories were performed to assess the influence of SEU fuel burnup extension. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Canadian Nuclear Society Bulletin
- Journal Volume
- 24
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 14-16
- ISSN
- 0714-7074
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Canada
- Country of Input or Organization
- Canada
- INIS RN
- 36098204
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CANDU TYPE REACTORS; EMBALSE REACTOR; FUEL ELEMENTS; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR MAINTENANCE; SLIGHTLY ENRICHED URANIUM; SPENT FUELS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; CANDU TYPE REACTORS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENRICHED URANIUM; FUELS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MAINTENANCE; MATERIALS; METALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; URANIUM
Optional Information
- Notes
- 3 refs., 5 tabs., 4 figs.