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A new MTR fuel for a new MTR reactor: UMo for the Jules Horowitz reactor

Creators

  • 1. CEA Cadarache, Dir. de l'Energie Nucleaire DEN, Reacteur Jules Horowitz, 13 - Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)
  • 2. Compagnie pour l'Etude et la Realisation de Combustibles Atomiques, CERCA, Etablissement de Romans, 26 (France)
  • 3. Technicatome, Service d'Architecture Generale, 13 - Aix-en-Provence (France)

Description

Within some years, the Jules Horowitz Reactor will be the only working experimental reactor (material and fuel testing reactor) in France. It will have to provide facilities for a wide range of needs: from activation analysis to power reactor fuel qualification. In this paper will be presented the main characteristics of the Jules Horowitz Reactor: its total power, neutron flux, fuel element... Safety criteria will be explained. Finally merits and disadvantages of UMo compared to the standard U3Si2 fuel will be discussed. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--1865

Conference

Title
Conference RRFM 2000
Original Conference Title
Conference RRFM 2000
Dates
2000
Place
France (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
34066671
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DESIGN; FUEL ELEMENTS; NEUTRON FLUX; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; REACTOR SAFETY; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; MATERIALS; RADIATION FLUX; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; SAFETY