French PWRs: In-Core Fuel Management Evolution and Future Direction

Conference · Sun Nov 14 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:6844925

Rome, M. ^[1]; LeBars, M. ^[2]

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1. Electricite de France, Villeurbanne (France)
2. Electricite de France, Paris (France)

French pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel management has been carried out until now with the objective of cycle cost reduction. This paper presents the feasibility study of an 18 month cycle for 1300-MW PWRs, three-batch fuel management with 4.00% enrichment, performed by EdF in 1992; the qualifications of core calculation methodology with gadolinia integrated burnable neutron absorbers through the Gedeon critical experiment carried out in the Melusine reactor in Grenoble; and the progress in core calculational methods, which were carried out to determine core safety with the increase in cycle length to 18 months.

• Research Organization: Electricite de France, Villeurbanne (France)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• OSTI ID: 6844925
• Report Number(s): CONF-931160-; CODEN: TANSAO
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 69; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Meeting , San Francisco, CA (United States), 14-18 Nov 1993; ISSN 0003-018X
• Publisher: American Nuclear Society
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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