Power flattening in the fuel bundle of a CANDU reactor

Sahin S., Yildiz K., Acir A.

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, cilt.232, sa.1, ss.7-18, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • 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.