• Title of article

    DevelopmentofanadvancedPWRfuelforOPR1000sinKoreaOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Kyu-TaeKim، نويسنده , , Jung-MinSuh، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    2606
  • To page
    2613
  • Abstract
    TheadvancedPWRfuelfortheOPR1000sinKorea,PLUS7,hasbeendevelopedtoenhancethermalperformance,highburnupcapabilityandfuelreliabilityagainstgrid-to-rodfrettingwearanddebris.TheoutstandingdesignfeaturesofPLUS7includemixingvanemid-gridsforincreasingthermalperformanceandminimizingvibration-inducedfrettingwear,optimizedfueldimensionsandadvancedzirconiumalloysforhighburnupcapabilityof72,000MWD/MTU,andanoptimizedfuelroddiameterforreducingpressuredropandimprovingneutroneconomy.Thefuelassemblyanditscomponentsperformanceshavebeenverifiedthroughawidespectrumofmechanical,thermalhydraulic,vibrationandfrettingweartests.BasedontheverificationtestresultsandtheevaluationswiththehelpoftheKNFdesigncodesystem,itisfoundthatthePLUS7fuelwillmaintainitsintegrityuptotheenvisagedburnupof72,000MWD/MTU.Inaddition,thePLUS7fuelperformanceswereevaluatedtobeconsiderablyimprovedincomparisonwiththecurrentfuelusedintheOPR1000s.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    941505

    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=10&DC=941505