Recent activities regarding the use of burnup credit in France - 14539
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire - IRSN, BP 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex (France)
- AREVA, BU Recycling, 1 place Jean Millier, 92084 Paris La Defense (France)
- AREVA, Etablissement de La Hague, 50444 Beaumont Hague (France)
- AREVA, 1 rue des Herons, 78182 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex (France)
- AREVA, TN International, 1 rue des Herons, 78182 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Cedex (France)
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives - CEA, DEN, Reactor and Fuel Cycle Physics Section, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)
Burnup credit refers to the concept of taking credit for the reduction in reactivity due to irradiation of nuclear fuel. A working group, bringing together several French nuclear companies and institutions (AREVA, CEA, EDF and IRSN), was created in 1997 to analyze different propositions to introduce a limited number of fission products together with a more realistic axial burnup profile into the criticality safety studies for the nuclear fuel cycle. Initially, the discussions of the working group focused on PWR UOX fuel. The work and accomplishments performed by this working group on burnup credit regarding PWR UOX fuel assemblies has been presented in various publications. This paper gives an outlook of the French working group on burnup credit activities afterwards. These activities relate to industrial applications of burnup credit for PWR UOX fuel, burnup credit implementation for PWR MOX fuel allowing the plutonium recycling in French PWRs, as well as applications for BWR UOX fuel since it may be transported, stored and reprocessed in France. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society - ANS, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, IL 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23100930
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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