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[en] The tri-structural-isotopic (TRISO) fuel directly cooled by boiling light water is used in the boiling water reactor with pebble-bed coated particles (BWR-PB). At the lower coolant temperature, the TRISO fuel particles demonstrate an unacceptable irradiation swelling in the silicon carbide coating layer during a fuel cycle. So, the objectives of this paper, on the one hand is to evaluate some neutronic parameters of a new fuel concept, Spherical Cermets Fuel (SCF), for a BWR-PB reactor. On the other hand, to assess the fact of SCF fuel concept on the fuel assembly lifetime and the burn-up characteristic. All the parameters as well as Infinite Multiplication Factor, Spectrum Index, Instantaneous Conversion Ratio and Neutron Energy Spectrum was calculated then compared for the TRISO and the SCF fuel concept. It can be seen from the assessment of fuel assembly burn-up characteristics that the normalised neutron spectra of all the assembly's parts pointed out a thermal spectrum for the SCF fuel assembly's parts than the TRISO one. The SCF fuel element increase the assembly life time about 6.1 EFPY corresponding 8000 MWd/t. So, the fuel assembly can be operated for a reasonably long period without outside refuelling. The difference in the assembly lifetime might leads to SCF fuel concept adopted, because the geometry and concept of TRISO fuel particles are wholly different to SCF ones. (author)
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European Nuclear Society, Brussels (Belgium); National Center for Energy, Science and Nuclear Techniques, Rabat (Morocco); International Atomic Energy Agency, Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, Research Reactor Group, Vienna (Austria); 522 p; ISBN 978-92-95064-10-2;
; 2010; [5 p.]; RRFM 2010: 14. international topical meeting on Research Reactor Fuel Management (RRFM); Marrakech (Morocco); 21-25 Mar 2010; Also available on-line: http://www.euronuclear.org/meetings/rrfm2010/transactions/RRFM2010-transactions.pdf; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); 5 refs, 8 figs

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BARYONS, CARBIDES, CARBON COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITE MATERIALS, CONFIGURATION, DEFORMATION, DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS, ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, ENERGY SOURCES, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, FERMIONS, FUELS, HADRONS, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, MATERIALS, MATHEMATICS, NUCLEONS, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS, POWER REACTORS, REACTOR MATERIALS, REACTORS, SILICON COMPOUNDS, SPECTRA, THERMAL REACTORS, WATER COOLED REACTORS, WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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