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Lüley J, Vrban B, Čerba Š, Osuský F, Nečas V. Fuel Performance Modeling at High Burn-Up by FEMAXI-6 Code. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND RADIATION SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4052519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The scope of the current research in the field of fuel performance is primarily aimed at an improvement of the operating reliability, safety, and cost-effectiveness of the reactors in operation. The current requirement of nuclear industry is to have fuel suitable for load follow operation. Fission gas release, pellet-cladding mechanical interaction, and stress corrosion cracking are the main phenomena that limit the variability of reactor operation from a safety perspective. To reasonably predict the fuel performance limits, it is necessary to benchmark the computational tools against high-quality experimental data. This work is devoted to the calculation of fuel performance using the code FEMAXI-6 based on the longest irradiation experiment in the Halden reactor. The fuel burn-up was approaching 90 MWd/kgUO2 in three selected rods, which were equipped with the pressure sensors and were subjected to extensive postirradiation examination. During the experiment, the rods were exposed to several periods of power cycling. The rods were manufactured with different fuel grain size and fuel-to-clad gap size.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jakub Lüley
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 3, Bratislava 812 19, Slovakia; B&J NUCLEAR Ltd., Lesbá ulica 145, Miloslavov-Alžbetin Dvor 90042, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 3, Bratislava 812 19, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 3, Bratislava 812 19, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 3, Bratislava 812 19, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Ilkovičova 3, Bratislava 812 19, Slovakia
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Cechet A, Altieri S, Barani T, Cognini L, Lorenzi S, Magni A, Pizzocri D, Luzzi L. A new burn-up module for application in fuel performance calculations targeting the helium production rate in (U,Pu)O2 for fast reactors. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2020.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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KAWASHIMA K, YAMAMOTO T, NAMEKAWA M. Effect of Pu-Rich Agglomerate in MOX Fuel on a Lattice Calculation. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2007.9711369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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UDAGAWA Y, SUZUKI M, FUKETA T. Analysis of MOX Fuel Behavior in Halden Reactor by FEMAXI-6 Code. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2007. [DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2007.9711348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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