Extended Enrichment Accident Tolerant LWR Fuel Isotopic and Lattice Parameter Trends
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Commercial light water reactor (LWR) operators and fuel vendors in the United States (US) are pursuing changes to the reactor fuel that include increased enrichment and accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) designs. Enrichments under consideration are between 5 wt % and 10 wt % 235U, which are a subset of high-assay low-enriched uranium fuels. ATF features are designed to improve fuel system performance under accident conditions. With increased enrichment, fuel cycle economics can be improved if fuel can be licensed for higher burnup (HBU) than typical current limits (e.g., 62 GWd/MTU maximum fuel pin).
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1783010
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM-2021/1961
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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