Power flattening in the fuel bundle of a CANDU reactor
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, cilt.232, sa.1, ss.7-18, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 232 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2004.04.004
- Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7-18
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
The strong non-uniformity of the fission power production density in the CANDU fuel bundle could have been mitigated to a great degree. A satisfactory power flattening has been achieved through an appropriately evaluated method by varying the composition of the LWR spent fuel/ThO2 Mixture in a CANDU fuel bundle in radial direction and keeping fuel rod dimensions unchanged. This will help also to greatly simplify fuel rod fabrication and allow a higher degree of quality assurance standardization.