High Performance Fuel Design for Next Generation PWRs: Final Report
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Kazimi, Mujid S.; Hejzlar, Pavel; Carpenter, David M.; Feng, Dandong; Kohse, Gordon E.; Lee, Won Jae; Morra, Paolo; No, Hee Cheon; Ostrovsky, Yakov; Otsuka, Yasuyuki; Saha, Pradip; Shwageraus, Eugene; Xu, Zhiwen; Yuan, Yi; Zhang, Jiyun; Feinroth, Herbert; Hao, Bernard; Lahoda, Edward J.; Mazzoccoli, Jason P.; Sundaram, Ramu K.; Hamilton, Holly; ... Show more Show less
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
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This summary provides an overview of the results of the U.S. DOE funded NERI
(Nuclear Research Energy Initiative) program on development of the internally and
externally cooled annular fuel for high power density PWRs. This new fuel was proposed
by MIT to allow a substantial increase in power density (on the order of 30% or higher)
while maintaining or improving safety margins. A comprehensive study was performed
by a team consisting of MIT (lead organization), Westinghouse Electric Corporation,
Gamma Engineering Corporation, Framatome ANP (formerly Duke Engineering) and
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. The study involved the evaluation of the new fuel in
terms of thermal hydraulic, neutronics, fuel performance including first scoping
irradiation tests at the MIT reactor, fuel manufacturing and economics.
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Project DE-FG03-01SF22329
Date issued
2006-01Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
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MIT-NFC;PR-082