Thermal Performance of High Burn-Up LWR Fuel Seminar Proceedings, Cadarache, France, 3-6 March 1998

Proper heat removal from the fuel is essential for the safe operation of nuclear reactors used for electricity production. As nuclear fuel is burnt it undergoes important changes, including a degradation of its thermal conductivity. This important phenomenon needs to be reliably predicted in order t...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Nuclear Energy Agency
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 1999.
Colección:OECD proceedings Proceedings of the seminar on thermal performance of high burn-up LWR fuel
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Sumario:Proper heat removal from the fuel is essential for the safe operation of nuclear reactors used for electricity production. As nuclear fuel is burnt it undergoes important changes, including a degradation of its thermal conductivity. This important phenomenon needs to be reliably predicted in order to make better use of the fuel, a factor which can help to achieve the economic competitiveness required by today's markets. This report communicates the results of an international seminar which reviewed recent progress in the field of nuclear fuel thermal conductivity and sought to improve the models used in computer codes predicting thermal performance. State-of-the-art knowledge is presented for both uranium-oxide and mixed-oxide fuels loaded in water reactors.
Notas:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Descripción Física:1 online resource (392 p. ) ill.
ISBN:9781280034053
9786610034055
9789264172036