Towards industrial-scale manufacture of UN fuel for water-cooled reactors
2020 (English)In: GLOBAL 2019 - International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference and TOP FUEL 2019 - Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, American Nuclear Society , 2020, p. 1144-1146Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The use of U15N fuel in water cooled reactors permits to increase the fuel average residence time by 40-60%1,2. This corresponds to a reduced cost for manufacture of fuel assemblies and waste packages, as well as a reduced cost for refuelling. The industrial application of UN fuels requires to improve the resistance of the fuel to steam corrosion and to develop methods for manufacture that are commercially competitive. In this contribution we describe the activities carried out at LeadCold, KTH and Promation Nuclear towards these goals.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Nuclear Society , 2020. p. 1144-1146
Keywords [en]
Corrosion, Light water reactors, Nuclear fuel reprocessing, Average residence time, Fuel assembly, Industrial scale, Reduced cost, UN fuel, Waste package, Fuels
National Category
Energy Engineering Inorganic Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-274285Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85081081312OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-274285DiVA, id: diva2:1453520
Conference
14th International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference, GLOBAL 2019 and Light Water Reactor Fuel Performance Conference, TOP FUEL 2019, 22 September 2019 through 27 September 2019
Note
QC 20200710
2020-07-102020-07-102024-01-10Bibliographically approved