Plutonium recycling experience in Japanese PWRs

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6672698

Nishioka, Hiromasa ^[1]; Suzuki, Shigemitsu ^[2]; Seki, Kazuya; Ida, Toshikazu ^[3]

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1. Kansai Electric Power Co., Osaka (Japan)
2. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
3. Mitsubishi Atomic Power Industries, Inc., Tokyo (Japan)

Plutonium recycling is an important policy for saving natural uranium resources in Japan. In March 1988, four demonstration mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies were loaded at Mihama Unit 1 and irradiated for three cycles. Mihama Unit 1 is a two-loop type pressurized water reactor (PWR) plant of Kansai Electric Power Company and was loaded with 121 fuel assemblies of the 14 [times] 14 type. This paper reviews the first plutonium recycle experience in a Japanese PWR plant and reports on verification of our standard nuclear design methodology applied to MOX fuel.

• OSTI ID: 6672698
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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