Gadolinia fuel performance in BWRs
Conference
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· Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5660789
Gadolinia has the unique property of having a high neutron absorption cross section coupled with a burnup rate that can approximately match the uranium 235 depletion. These qualities and others make gadolinia an ideal burnable absorber, and it has been used in all General Electric-designed boiling water reactors. Fabrication corrosion properties, and performance of gadolinia-containing fuel elements are discussed. Development of a reliable and efficient set of local and global gadolinia-urania design methods has been an arduous process that has taken approx.15 years to accomplish.
- Research Organization:
- GE, San Jose, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 5660789
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-851115-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 50
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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