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MacEwan, J.R.; Notley, M.J.F.; Wood, J.C.; Gacesa, M.
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario. Chalk River Nuclear Labs1982
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River, Ontario. Chalk River Nuclear Labs1982
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[en] The direction of CANDU fuel development was set in 1957 with the decision to build pressure tube reactors. Short - 50 cm long - rodded bundles of natural UO2 clad in Zircaloy were adopted to facilitate on-power fuelling to improve uranium utilization. Progressive improvements were made during 25 years of development, involving 650 man years and 180 million dollars. Today's CANDU bundle is based on the knowledge gained from extensive irradiation testing and experience in power reactors. The main thrust of future development is to demonstrate that the present bundle is suitable, with minor modifications, for thorium fuels
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Sep 1982; 38 p; IAEA international conference on nuclear power experience; Vienna (Austria); 13 - 17 Sep 1982; IAEA-CN--42/143; French included as AECL--7766F.
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ACCIDENTS, ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS, ALLOYS, CHALCOGENIDES, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, ENERGY SOURCES, FUEL ASSEMBLIES, FUELS, HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS, HYDRIDES, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, MATERIALS, OXIDES, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, POWER REACTORS, PRESSURE TUBE REACTORS, RADIATION FLUX, REACTOR MATERIALS, REACTORS, SIMULATION, THERMAL REACTORS, TIN ALLOYS, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS, URANIUM COMPOUNDS, URANIUM OXIDES, ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS, ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS, ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS
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