Published October 2009 | Version v1
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KUCA experiments and criticality safety analyses in R and D of 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

In order to reduce the number of spent fuel assemblies and then to improve fuel economics, the development project on Erbia bearing super high-burnup fuel with high uranium enrichment is under going. The development program covers wide aspect of the development of LWR fuel such as critical experiments of Erbia core whose 235U enrichment is 5 to 10wt%, criticality safety analysis using Erbia credit, fabrication test and physicochemical properties measurement of Erbia-bearing fuel pellet, and so on. Consequently of these studies, the feasibility of Er-SHB is confirmed. (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the 2008 annual symposium on nuclear data. NDS2008

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 2008 annual symposium on nuclear data. NDS2008
Imprint Pagination
220 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 65-70
Report number
JAEA-Conf--2009-004

Conference

Title
2008 annual symposium on nuclear data
Acronym
NDS2008
Dates
20-21 Nov 2008
Place
Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
41118779
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BURNABLE POISONS; BURNUP EXTENSION; CRITICALITY; ERBIUM OXIDES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; KUCA REACTOR; MODERATELY ENRICHED URANIUM; MULTIPLICATION FACTORS; NUCLEAR FUELS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Descriptors DEC
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; MIXTURES; NEUTRON ABSORBERS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR POISONS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; URANIUM; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; ZERO POWER REACTORS

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Notes
5 refs., 6 figs., 2 tabs.