Published 2003 | Version v1
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Advanced fuel cycles in the ACR

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Description

The advances CANDU reactor (ACR) has several fundamental design features that make it well suited for utilizing advanced fuels and fuel cycles: on-line refueling, a small, simple fuel bundle, and the CANDU reactor fuel-channel geometry. This paper describes a number of advanced fuels and fuel cycles in the ACR. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River, Ontario (Canada).

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
10 p.
Report number
AECL-CONF--01412

Conference

Title
Advances in nuclear fuel management III (ANFM 2003)
Dates
5-8 Oct 2003
Place
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
Canada
Country of Input or Organization
Canada
INIS RN
38037446
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CANDU TYPE REACTORS; FUEL CHANNELS; FUEL CYCLE; FUEL ELEMENT CLUSTERS; REACTOR FUELING; REACTOR LICENSING
Descriptors DEC
FUEL ASSEMBLIES; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; LICENSING; POWER REACTORS; PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS; REACTOR CHANNELS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS

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