Natural Uranium Equivalent (NUE) Fuel: Full Core Use of Recycled Uranium and Depleted Uranium in CANDU Reactors

Autor: Mingjun Chen, Zhenhua Zhang, Sermet Kuran, Catherine M. Cottrell, Mustapha Boubcher
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Volume 5: Fuel Cycle, Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning; Reactor Physics and Transport Theory; Nuclear Education, Public Acceptance and Related Issues; Instrumentation and Controls; Fusion Engineering.
DOI: 10.1115/icone21-16659
Popis: Since 2008 Candu Energy and the CANDU® utility in China (CNNC TQNPC) partnered to convert the Qinshan CANDU reactors to use recycled and depleted uranium based fuels, a first-of-its-kind. A fuel composed of both components and simulating natural uranium behaviour was developed, designed, manufactured and verification tested in the Qinshan units with success. This paper discusses the full core implementation and licensing work that will culminate with the conversion of Qinshan CANDU units to Natural Uranium Equivalent (NUE) fuel use by early 2014.Copyright © 2013 by ASME
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